Bust of Crowned God Vishnu

Arts of Asia

9th century

India
Uttar Pradesh

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Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Bust of Crowned God Vishnu
Place: Uttar Pradesh (Object Possibly made in)
Date: 801 CE–900 CE
Medium: Sandstone
Dimensions: 67.5 × 44.5 × 32 cm (26 5/8 × 17 1/2 × 12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection. Gift of Marilynn Alsdorf
Reference Number: 2021.238
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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), 34 (ill.), 279, cat. 32.

Art Institute of Chicago, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Aug. 2–Oct. 26, 1997, cat. 32.
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.

William H. Wolff (Far Eastern Antiquities), NY, by May 4, 1974 [this and the following according to invoice from William H. Wolff (Far Eastern Antiquities), May 4, 1974; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka and Chicago, IL, May 4, 1974; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, 1990 [on long-term loan at the Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 17, 1997; publicly promised as a gift to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1997; signed a promised gift agreement for the work, 2002]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.

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