Ernst Herzfeld
Apadana, Columns of East Portico, Persepolis, 1923-28
Gelatin silver print
142 mm x 88 mm and 120 mm x 88 mm and 108 mm x 88 mm
Between 26 November to 23 December 1923, and 2 March to 15 March 1924, Herzfeld spent six weeks on the terrace of Persepolis, where he drafted a plan of the...
Between 26 November to 23 December 1923, and 2 March to 15 March 1924, Herzfeld spent six weeks on the terrace of Persepolis, where he drafted a plan of the structure and provided a photographic record of the site. These three gelatin silver prints form part of this photographic record and provide a panoramic view of the columns of the east portfico.
Literature
The glass negatives of these three images are located in the Ernst Herzfeld papers, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The glass negative location numbers are FSA A.6 04.GN.2301 (Left), FSA A.6 04.GN.2302 (Centre) and FSA A.6 04.GN.2303 (Right).