Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Peter Ferdinand Drucker Photographs

Summary

Collection ID:
FSA.A.09
Creators:
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005
Dates:
1970-
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
234 Items
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Photographs created to document the Sanso Collection, a private growing collection of Japanese paintings acquired since the late 1950s by collectors and co-trustees Doris and Peter F. Drucker. The works, dating from the 14th to the 19th century, include masterworks from the Kamakura period, Suiboku paintings of the Muromachi and Momoyama periods. Zenga paintings from the Edo period, and paintings by masters of the nanga or literati school. Each photograph is captioned with artist, date, description, medium, mount format, dimensions, and an assigned number.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Arranged by assigned number

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Peter Ferdinand Drucker, 1909 - , author, management consultant, and educator; economist at the London Banking House (1933-1937); an American advisor to British banks (1937-1942); a consultant to major American business (1940 - ); a professor of philosophy and politics at Bennington College (1942-1949); a professor of management at New York University (1950-1972); and a lecturer at the Department of Art at Pomona College in California (1979-1985). Additionally and author of management textbooks; producer of film series; and recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Peter F. Drucker donated the Peter Ferdinand Drucker Photographs to the Archives in 1991.
Custodial History
Gift of Peter F. Drucker, 1991.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Citation
Peter Ferdinand Drucker Photographs, FSA.A.09. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Peter F. Drucker, 1991.

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
FSA A.09


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Painting, Japanese -- Kamakura-Momoyama, 1185-1600 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Painting, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
USA -- California -- Claremont Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Drucker, Doris Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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