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Head of Buddha
Pre-Angkorean · Mon period, 8th‒9th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Possibly with Robert Rousset, Galerie d’Art de la Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes, Paris, 1972 [invoice from Galerie d’Art de la Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes, June 21, 1972; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka, IL, by 1972 [on long-term loan at the Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 7, 1983]; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, IL, 1990 [publicly promised as a gift to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1997; signed a promised gift agreement for the work, Mar. 11, 2002]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 15, 2016.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection</em>, Aug. 2–Oct. 26, 1997, cat. 121.
Literature
Published references
- Pratapaditya Pal with contributions by Stephen Little, <em>A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection</em> (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, 1997), 101 (ill.), 299, cat. 121.
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