id: 137129 accession number: 1961.94 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.94 updated: 2025-02-09 02:31:36.515000 Shiva and Parvati, c. 950–60. South India, Tamil Nadu, Chola period (900–1200s)). Bronze; base: 21.6 x 79.5 x 24.9 cm (8 1/2 x 31 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.); part 1: 81.9 x 48.7 cm (32 1/4 x 19 3/16 in.); part 2: 65.1 x 16.5 cm (25 5/8 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1961.94 title: Shiva and Parvati title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 950–60 creation date earliest: 950 creation date latest: 960 current location: 244 Indian and Southeast Asian creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: South India, Tamil Nadu, Chola period (900–1200s)) technique: bronze department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Base: 21.6 x 79.5 x 24.9 cm (8 1/2 x 31 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.); Part 1: 81.9 x 48.7 cm (32 1/4 x 19 3/16 in.); Part 2: 65.1 x 16.5 cm (25 5/8 x 6 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review (1961) opening date: 1961-11-01T05:00:00 Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961). title: Master Bronzes of India opening date: 1965-09-03T04:00:00 Master Bronzes of India. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (September 3-October 10, 1965); William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City, MO (October 21-December 19, 1965); The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 19-February 27, 1966); The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (October 12-December 11, 1966). title: Man and His World opening date: 1967-04-27T05:00:00 Man and His World. Expo 67, Montreal, Canada (organizer) (April 27-October 28, 1967). title: Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music opening date: 1996-09-24T04:00:00 Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-December 8, 1996). title: The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India opening date: 2002-11-10T00:00:00 The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India. National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC (November 10, 2002-March 9, 2003); The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (April 4-June 15, 2003); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 6-September 14, 2003). title: Chola: Sacred Bronzes of Southern India opening date: 2006-11-11T00:00:00 Chola: Sacred Bronzes of Southern India. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (November 11, 2006-February 25, 2007). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Shiva and His Many Incarnations. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (6/24/2007).', 'opening_date': '2007-06-24T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE (William H. Wolff [1906–1991], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1961 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1961– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review 1961.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 48, no. 9, 1961, pp. 219–251. page number: Mentioned: no. 49, p. 220, 249; Reproduced: no. 49, p. 221 url: www.jstor.org/stable/25142473 "Annual Report for 1961.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 49, no. 6, 1962, pp. 115–145. page number: Mentioned: p. 130 url: Master Bronzes of India: The Art Institute of Chicago ... [et al]. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1965. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 26 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 235 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n259 National Gallery of Canada, and Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau). Terre Des Hommes: Exposition Internationale Des Beaux-Arts, 28 Avril-27 Octobre 1967 [ = Man and His World, International Fine Arts Exhibition, Expo 67, Montreal, Canada, 28 April-27 October 1967]. Montréal: Expo 67, 1967. page number: pp. 352–353, no. 167 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 235 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n259 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 299 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n319 Kramrisch, Stella. Manifestations of Shiva. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1981. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 100, pp. 122–123 url: Dehejia, Vidya, Richard H. Davis, Irā Nākacāmi, and Karen Pechilis. The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India. New York: American Federation of Arts, 2002. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 5, pp. 106 (back) and 107 (front) url: Fernando, Christopher, Vivian Kung Haga, and Chantal Legros. Beyond Beauty: What Is Real Beauty?. San Diego, CA: Museum of Photographic Arts, 2005. page number: Reproduced url: Branfoot, Crispin. "Processions and Presence: Bronze Sculptures from the Temples of Southern India." Arts of Asia vol. 36 no. 6 (2006). page number: Reproduced: p. 71, fig. 10 url: Dehejia, Vidya. Chola: Sacred Bronzes of Southern India. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2006. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 3, pp. 52-55 url: Locke, Adrian K. "Divine Beauty: Sacred Medieval Bronzes from Southern India." Minerva vol. 18 no. 1 (January-February 2007): p. 22. page number: Reproduced: p. 22, fig. 3 url: Donaldson, Thomas E. Síva-Pārvatī and Allied Images: Their Iconography and Body Language. New Delhi: D.K. Printworld, 2007. page number: Mentioned: fig. 216, pp. 261 and 278; Reproduced: fig. 216, p. 261 url: Dehejia, Vidya. The Body Adorned: Dissolving Boundaries between Sacred and Profane in India's Art. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. page number: Reproduced: p. 117, fig. 37 url: Dehejia, Vidya. The Thief Who Stole My Heart: The Material Life of Sacred Bronzes from Chola India, 855-1280. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2021. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 14-16, 109-110 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.94/1961.94_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.94/1961.94_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.94/1961.94_full.tif