Provenance Information

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Exhibition Information

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Publication Information

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Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

explanation!

Provenance Information

Ex private collection, Texas, acquired late 1950s. Thence by descent. Purchased by MCCM from Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Ancient Art], Washington, DC.

Exhibition Information

MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, March 17, 2016 - January 17, 2017
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, February 1, 2017 - April 4, 2021
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, August 28, 2021 - Present

Publication Information

Unpublished

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

Was reported to have been in a private US collection since the 1950s.

Provenance Information

Purchased by Mr. James W. Alsdorf, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., The exact date that Mr. Alsdorf purchased this object is unknown, but Mr. Alsdorf acquired this object before his death in 1990. Attempts to determine from whom Mr. Alsdorf acquired the object were unsuccessful. Mrs. James W. Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997, signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002, and gave the object to the Art Institute in 2015.

Exhibition Information

"A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection" – The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (August 2 – October 26, 1997).

The object has been displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, in the Alsdorf Galleries of Indian, Southeast Asian, Himalayan and Islamic Art, from November 2008 to the present.

Publication Information

Pratapaditya Pal with contributions by Stephen Little, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection (The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, New York, 1997) p. 127: 160 and plate p. 308.

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

Also: Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008. This acquisition falls within two exceptions. First, the cumulative facts and circumstances known to the Art Institute of Chicago at the time of the acquisition allowed it to make an informed judgment to acquire the object. The exact date that Mr. Alsdorf purchased this object is unknown, but Mr. Alsdorf acquired this object before his death in 1990. Attempts to determine from whom Mr. Alsdorf acquired the object were unsuccessful. The object was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997 and since December 2008 as well as published in a major catalogue of South Asian art: A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art (1997). In addition, the acquisition furthers the representation of the artistic achievements of all civilizations in art museums because it is a fine example of the Graeco-Buddhist art of ancient Gandhara that flourished in present day Afghanistan and Pakistan. Second, the acquisition of the object was by gift and the object was promised to the Art Institute prior to 2008. Mrs Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997 and thereafter signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002.

Provenance Information

Purchased by Mr. James W. Alsdorf, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. The exact date that Mr. Alsdorf purchased this object is unknown. Mr. Alsdorf acquired the object before his death in 1990 and possibly earlier in 1985 from David M. Lindahl, Japan, although attempts to determine this conclusively were unsuccessful. Mrs. James W. Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997, signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002, and gave the object to the Art Institute in 2015.

Exhibition Information

"A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection" – The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (August 2 – October 26, 1997).

The object has been displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, in the Alsdorf Galleries of Indian, Southeast Asian, Himalayan and Islamic Art, from December 2008 to the present.

Publication Information

Pratapaditya Pal with contributions by Stephen Little, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection (The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, New York, 1997) p. 96: 113 and plate p. 297.

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

Also: Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008. This acquisition falls within two exceptions. First, the cumulative facts and circumstances known to the Art Institute of Chicago at the time of the acquisition allowed it to make an informed judgment to acquire the object. The exact date that Mr. Alsdorf purchased this object is unknown. Mr. Alsdorf acquired this object before his death in 1990 and possibly earlier in 1985 from David M. Lindahl, Japan, although attempts to determine this conclusively were unsuccessful. The work was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997 and since December 2008 as well as published in a major catalogue of South Asian art: A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art (1997). In addition, the acquisition furthers the representation of the artistic achievements of all civilizations in art museums because it is a fine example of the Graeco-Buddhist art of ancient Gandhara that flourished in present day Afghanistan and Pakistan. Second, the acquisition of the object was by gift and the object was promised to the Art Institute prior to 2008. Mrs Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997 and thereafter signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002.

Provenance Information

Purchased by Mr. James W. Alsdorf, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. The exact date that Mr. Alsdorf purchased this object is unknown; however, Mr. Alsdorf acquired the object before his death in 1990. Attempts to determine from whom Mr. Alsdorf acquired the object were unsuccessful. Mrs. James W. Alsdorf placed the object on a long-term loan to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996, signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2010, and gave the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 2015.

Exhibition Information

The object has been displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, in the Alsdorf Galleries of Indian, Southeast Asian, Himalayan and Islamic Art, from September 2008 to the present.

Publication Information

Pratapaditya Pal with contributions by Stephen Little, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection (The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, New York, 1997) p. 221: 292 and plate p. 338.

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

Also: Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008.
This acquisition falls within two exceptions. First, the cumulative facts and circumstances known to the Art Institute of Chicago at the time of the acquisition allowed it to make an informed judgment to acquire the object. The exact date that Mr. Alsdorf purchased this object is unknown, but Mr. Alsdorf acquired this object before his death in 1990. Attempts to determine from whom Mr. Alsdorf acquired the object were unsuccessful. The object has been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago since December 2008 and published in a major catalogue of South Asian art: A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art (1997). In addition, the acquisition furthers the representation of the artistic achievements of all civilizations in art museums because it is a fine example of the Graeco-Buddhist art of ancient Gandhara that flourished in present day Afghanistan and Pakistan. Second, the acquisition of the object was by gift and the object was on long term loan prior to 2008. Mrs Alsdorf lent the object to the Art Institute of Chicago from 1996 until its acquisition.

Provenance Information

Reputedly in the collection of the family of Elisabeth Maria Coebergh, the Netherlands, since 1980; thence consigned to Moonsail Ltd.; thence in 2009 to John Eskenazi, Ltd., London; thence acquired by Dallas Museum of Art (accession date: August 23, 2010).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: As of February 23 2010, not listed with Art Loss Register.

Exhibition Information

DMA, October 2010 through the present.

Publication Information

Bromberg, Anne R. The Arts of India, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas at the Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013.

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

Provenance is reputedly clear to the 1980s. This piece has been exhibited at the DMA since October 2010. This is a superb, and rare, example of later Gandharan art from the Hadda region, a center of a distinctly beautiful school of Gandharan sculpture from the 4th to 6th centuries AD. The intense vitality of the bodhisattva’s pose is unusual among the more severe, upright, treatment of the figure common in Gandharan art, which is exemplified in other sculptures on display in the DMA's galleries. Gandharan pieces significantly illustrate the links between the arts of cultures represented in the Museum’s galleries of ancient Mediterranean and south Asian art.