March 19 through June 12, 2005
Fogg Art Museum (more about the Fogg)

Mir Sayyid Muhammad al-Naqqash, Dragon in Foliage, c. 1565. Black ink, watercolor, and gold on off-white paper, 20.1 x 34.5 cm. Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Gift of Stuart Cary Welch, Jr. Photo: Katya Kallsen, HUAM. Copyright President and Fellows of Harvard College.

This exhibition features 76 Indian, Persian, and Turkish drawings from the collection of Harvard's Arthur M. Sackler Museum and celebrates the life and legacy of Stuart Cary Welch, a groundbreaking scholar, distinguished collector, and former curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art at the Harvard University Art Museums. The exhibition is one of a few to focus exclusively upon drawings from South Asia and the Middle East from the 15th through the 18th century and also includes a small selection from the early colonial era in India. From Mind, Heart and Hand will showcase the role that drawings played within the artistic traditions of Persia (modern-day Iran), Turkey, and India. A wide range of drawing applications will be represented, from spontaneous sketches to master drawings that were highly prized works of art in their own right.

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