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Portrait study of Garabed Hovnanian
Portrait study of Garabed Hovnanian

Portrait study of Garabed Hovnanian

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Object Details

Title:
Portrait study of Garabed Hovnanian
Date:
Date unknown
Artist:
Medium:
Graphite on tracing paper
Dimensions
16 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[bottom left in graphite]: Garabed Hovnanian; [bottom right in graphite]: C.S.Having fled Istanbul for Nice, France in the 1920s, Garabed Hovnanian (1898-1970) practiced as an architect until he moved to Philadelphia in 1932 at the request of a friend. Hovnanian soon adopted the Christian Science faith of his hosts and later became an active member of the church in Kansas City, where he died.

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