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Vishnu

AD late 400s

Central India, Gupta Period, 5th Century

Sandstone

Overall: 85.4 cm (33 5/8 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1976.75

Location

not on view

Provenance

?–1976

(William H. Wolff [1906–1991], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1976–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1976." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 64, no. 2 (1977): 39-78. Mentioned: no. 170, p. 79; Reproduced: no. 170, p. 59 www.jstor.org

Czuma, Stanislaw. “Mathura Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum Collection.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 64, no. 3, 1977, pp. 83–114. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 106, fig. 34 www.jstor.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 291 archive.org

Harle, James C. “The Tradition of Gupta Sculpture and Its Influence.” Apollo, CVIII:200 (October 1978), pp. 232-237. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 234, fig. 4

Pal, Pratapaditya. The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence. [New York]: Asia Society in association with J. Weatherhill, 1978. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 24, p. 76

Exhibition history

Year in Review, 1976. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).

The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence. Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (organizer) (October 5-December 3, 1978); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (January 1-February 25, 1979); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (March 24-May 6, 1979).

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