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Karttikeya, Commander of the Divine Army, Seated on a Peacock
Unattributed · Ganga Period, about 12th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Sold to Mr. and Mrs. Sylvain S. Wyler, Chicago, Ill., by Mr. Oscar Meyer, Oscar Meyer Antique Works of Art Incorporated, Los Angeles, Ca., April 1962; restricted gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvain S. Wyler, Chicago, Ill., to the Art Institute of Chicago, April 11, 1962.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Chicago, Ill, Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 135, June 14, 2005-September 15, 2008
Literature
Published references
- The Essential Guide (Art Institute of Chicago, 2013), p. 118.
- Madhuvanti Ghose, "Mediaeval Masterpieces: Indian Sculpture of the 9th to 13th Century", Orientations, Volume 42, No. 3, (April 2011), pp. 26-31.
- The Essential Guide, rev. ed. (Art Institute of Chicago, 2009) p. 104.
- Pocketguide, (Art Institute of Chicago, 2009) p. 20, fig. 38.
- Madhuvanti Ghose, “Making way for the Modern Wing,” Art Institute of Chicago Member Magazine, (October 2008), p. 24.
- Pratapaditya Pal, "Sculptures from South India in The Art Institute of Chicago". (Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, 1996), Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 30-1, figs. 11-12.
- The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly, (Art Institute of Chicago, Spring), 1963, vol. 57, no.1, cover.
- Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America, vol. 17 (University of Hawai'i Press for the Asia Society, 1963), p. 44, fig. 5
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