Mother Goddess Brahmani Seated in Royal Ease (Lalitasana) with Attendants

Arts of Asia

9th century

India
Madhya Pradesh

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Mother Goddess Brahmani Seated in Royal Ease (Lalitasana) with Attendants
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.: 801 CE–900 CE
Medium: Red sandstone
Dimensions: 58.2 × 46.1 × 27.1 cm (22 7/8 × 18 1/8 × 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection. Gift of Marilynn Alsdorf
Reference Number: 2022.6
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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), 181 (ill.), cat. 232, 325.

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. 232.
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 Kapoor Galleries, New York, by Sept. 5, 1984 [this and the following according to invoice from Kapoor Galleries, Sept. 5, 1984; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka and Chicago IL, Sept. 5, 1984; 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; offered as a promised gift to the Art Institute, 2002]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.

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