Yogini
Culture: Indian
Date: ca. 1001-1050
Place made:Uttar Pradesh, India
General region:Asia
Medium: Sandstone
Dimensions:
34 × 17 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (86.4 × 43.8 × 24.8 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with the John and Karen McFarlin Fund and the Asian Art Challenge Fund
Object number: 90.92
Provenance: Sold by Doris Wiener (1923-2011), New York, to Christian Humann (1929-1981), Pan-Asian Collection, New York, between 1966 and 1977; Humann Estate, 1981; sold by Humann Estate to Robert Ellsworth (1929-2014), New York, 1981; sold by Ellsworth at Sotheby's, New York, October 5, 1990, lot 26 to San Antonio Museum of Art.
Exhibition History: "The Sensuous Immortals, A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection," a travelling exhibition, Los Angeles, 1977.
"Divine Presence: Arts of India and the Himalayas," traveling exhibition, Barcelona, 2003.
"Texas Collects Asia: India/Southeast Asia," The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, TX, April 19 - June 22, 2008.
“Yoga: The Art of Transformation,” Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington D.C., Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, and The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 2013-2014
Published References
Sotheby's New York, "Indian and South East Asian Art," October 5, 1990, lot 26.
Pratapaditya Pal, "The Sensuous Immortals, A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection," catalog of the traveling exhibition, Los Angeles, 1977, no. 37, illus.
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