Object Title
Male torso
Measurements
H. 22 1/2 in. (57.2 cm)
Creation Date
11th century
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Baekeland
Culture
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://emuseum.cornell.edu/
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Khmer Era (16th c. A.D.), or earlier
Provenance Information
by 1969 - 1976 collection of William H. Wolff Gallery, New York; 1976 - 2014 collection of Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Baekeland, New York (purchased from William H. Wolff); 2014 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (gift of Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Baekeland)
Exhibition Information
Unknown.
Publication Information
“Front Matter” in Art Journal, vol. 28, no. 4 (Summer 1969) [Taylor & Francis, Ltd., College Art Association]: 437. http://www.jstor.org/stable/775307.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The provenance of the object can be traced back to 1969, when a photograph of it appeared in an advertisement for a New York gallery in Art Journal (Summer 1969). The donors subsequently purchased the object from this dealer, according to documentation on file.