Sergius N. Ferris Luboshez Collection
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FSA A1992.01
name: label: Collector
content: Luboshez, Ferris
place: label: Place
content: China -- Description and Travel
label: Place
content: USA -- District of Columbia -- Washington
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Art, Chinese
creator: label: Collector
content: Luboshez, Ferris
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content: Sergius N. Ferris Luboshez Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Captain Sergius N. Ferris Luboshez (1896-1984), scientific researcher and educator, lawyer, and collector of Chinese art. Born of American parents in England, Luboshez studies philosophy and aesthetics at the British Institute of Philosophical Stduies. He later taught physics at the University of London, experimenting in the sonar detection of submarines, and developing a number of inventions relating to radiation shielding and light control. He studies law in England, serving as a barrister-at-law, and later as a member of the New York Bar and that of the District of Columbia. With the outbreak of World War II, Luboshez entered the United States Navy. After the war, he became general counsel to the Office of the Foreign Liquidation Commissioner of the U.S. Department of State for an area that included China and Japan. He was subsequently appointed central field commisssioner with headquarters in Shanghai.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 664 Items (photographs and negatives, black and white and color)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (newspaper clipping)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (museum catalog)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1945-1972
label: Date
content: bulk 1945-1949
container: label: Container
content: Folder 4
label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Donated by Luboshez's wife, Berniece Ferris Luboshez, 1992.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A1992.01
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Negatives
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 box : Arranged by form of material.
label: Arrangement
content: 1 oversized folder : Organized by size.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Negatives
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs and a newspaper clipping, ca 1945-1972, documenting the Chinese art collection of Captain and Mrs. Sergius N. Ferris Luboshez, formed substantially during the 1945-1949, while Luboshex served in the Department of State. Documented are works dating from the Neolithic (ca. 5000-ca. 1500 B.C.) to the Ch'ing dynasty (1644-1912); and a catalog of artworks from his collection exhibited at the University of Maryland Art Gallery in 1972. Also included are photographs taken by Captain Luboshez of place views and people in China. Formats include color snapshots, black-and-white prints, safety and nitrate film negatives, and 35mm color slides.