Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja) by an unidentified artist
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Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja)

Unattributed · Chola period, about 10th/11th century

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Sold to the Art Institute of Chicago by William H. Wolff Incorporated, New York City, September 15, 1965.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Chicago, Ill, Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 135, June 24, 2005-November 21, 2008.

Literature

Published references

  • The Essential Guide (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2013), p.116.
  • The Essential Guide (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2009), p.102.
  • Tanya Treptow, Shiva Nataraja, "The Silk Road and Beyond: Travel, Trade and Transformation", Museum Studies, 33, 1 (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007), pp. 42-3.
  • The Essential Guide, rev. ed. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2003), p. 88.
  • Pratapaditya Pal, Sculptures from South India in Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Studies, 22, 1 (1996), p. 26, fig. 6.
  • The Essential Guide (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1993), p. 88.
  • Recent Acquisitions of Asian Art by American Museums, Archives of Asian Art (1965-66), p. 85, fig 5.

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