Exchange: W19 Stiffler - - ARABAM 311 / AMCULT 311 - CAMELS, KABOBS, AND KAHLIL GIBRAN: ARAB AMERICAN CULTURAL STUDIES

W19 Stiffler - - ARABAM 311 / AMCULT 311 - CAMELS, KABOBS, AND KAHLIL GIBRAN: ARAB AMERICAN CULTURAL STUDIES

In this photograph, pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages populate the street in front of a two-storied restaurant façade which adjoins a crenellated stone wall in the middle ground.

Felix Bonfils
Jérusalem, Porte de Jaffa, extérieur
albumen print on paper
10 15/16 in x 14 in (27.78 cm x 35.56 cm)
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond

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Three male figures and three camels stand in or near the threshold of a stone portal. The three men face the viewer while the camels are in three-quarter turns facing the left-hand edge of the photograph.

Felix Bonfils
Zion Gate, Jerusalem
albumen print on paper
14 in x 10 15/16 in (35.56 cm x 27.78 cm)
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond

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The skeleton of a camel lies in the foreground of this photograph, while scattered groupings of figures on camelback dot the desert landscape in the background.

Pascal Sebah
Untitled
albumen print on paper
14 in x 18 7/8 in (35.56 cm x 47.94 cm);18 3/16 in x 22 3/16 in (46.2 cm x 56.36 cm)
Transfer from the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

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Gaston Veuvenot Leroux
Young Arab Girl
bronze
31 3/4 in. x 11 1/4 in. x 10 1/4 in. ( 80.6 cm x 28.6 cm x 26 cm )
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. David D. Chan

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James Jacques Joseph Tissot
L'apparition mediunimique
mezzotint on paper
19 5/16 in. x 13 1/2 in. ( 49 cm x 34.3 cm )
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Aldrich

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This black and white stereoscopic image features two images of four women sitting together outside in white dresses. Around them are tropical plants, a statue of a female head and bust and a small table with teacups in the lower left.

Stereo Classics Studio
Stereoscope Image, Sample Set No.2: Gossip
photograph on cardboard
3 11/16 in. x 7 in. ( 9.4 cm x 17.8 cm )
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond

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Henry Wolf
Untitled (figure composition)
wood engraving on paper
16 1/16 in x 12 in (40.8 cm x 30.48 cm)
Museum Purchase

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A color photograph featuring a soldier's back on the left, rifle prominent, and a young girl in a yellow dress on the right. She holds a hand and stares at the viewer. In the background, a man holds his arms up in front of another soldier.

Peter Turnley
The War in Iraq, Near Basra, Iraq, 2003
archival pigment print on paper
13 ½ in x 20 in (34.29 cm x 50.8 cm);20 in x 24 in (50.8 cm x 60.96 cm)
Gift of Kathleen Lauster and Jarir Derouach

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Khaled al-Saa'i
Qur'anic Verse
ink on dyed paper
12 in x 23 7/8 in (30.4 cm x 60.7 cm);22 1/16 in x 28 1/16 in (56.04 cm x 71.28 cm);12 1/16 in x 24 in (30.7 cm x 61 cm)
Gift of the artist

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This black and white stereoscopic image features two images of two men, one man sitting on a camel, in front of a sphinx and a pyramid.

Stereo Classics Studio
Stereoscope Image, Sample Set No.2: The Sphinx, Gizeh, Egypt
photograph on cardboard
3 11/16 in. x 7 in. ( 9.4 cm x 17.8 cm )
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond

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A woman with two long pillows stacked crossed on her head moves mats and bedding materials on the back of a river

Leonard Freed
Arab refugee woman with her possessions at the Allenby bridge over the Jordan River, Israel, 1967
vintage gelatin silver print on paper
8 in x 10 in (20.32 cm x 25.4 cm);9 ¾ in x 6 ½ in (24.77 cm x 16.51 cm)
Gift of Zoe and Yuri Gurevich

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Image of a dark-haired boy with open mouth in a rubble-strewn stairway between buildings. Far in the background, a woman watches.

Leonard Freed
Arab boy in the old City of Jerusalem after the 6-Day War, Israel, 1967
vintage gelatin silver print on paper
8 in x 10 in (20.32 cm x 25.4 cm);6 ⅝ in x 9 ¾ in (16.83 cm x 24.77 cm)
Gift of Zoe and Yuri Gurevich

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