Dancing Mother Goddess Brahmani

Arts of Asia

10th century

India
Madhya Pradesh

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Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Dancing Mother Goddess Brahmani
Place: Madhya Pradesh (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 901 CE–1000
Medium: Sandstone
Dimensions: 61 × 34.3 × 14.3 cm (24 × 13 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection. Gift of Marilynn Alsdorf
Reference Number: 2021.237
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Pratapaditya Pal with contributions by Stephen Little, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, 1997), 182 (ill.), 325, cat. 233.

Memphis, TN, The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Realm of the Gods: Masterpieces of Indian Sculpture from The Art Institute of Chicago and The Alsdorf Collection, Apr. 30–July 23, 2000, no cat.

With Spink & Son, London, by Aug. 5, 1981 [this and the following according to invoice from Spink & Son, Aug. 5, 1981; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka and Chicago, IL, Aug. 5, 1981; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, 1990 [on long-term loan at the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 8, 1983; signed a promised gift agreement for the work, 2002]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.

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