id:			140437
accession number:	1964.369
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.369
updated:		2025-05-06 12:06:29.708000

A Guardian of Shiva, 1200s. Southwestern India, Karnataka. Chloritic schist; overall: 113.3 x 49.2 x 29 cm (44 5/8 x 19 3/8 x 11 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1964.369

title:				A Guardian of Shiva
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creation date:			1200s
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1299
current location:		244 Indian and Southeast Asian
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Southwestern India, Karnataka
technique:	Chloritic schist
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 113.3 x 49.2 x 29 cm (44 5/8 x 19 3/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions
	opening date:   1966-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966).

	title:		Yoga: The Art of Transformation
	opening date:   2013-10-19T04:00:00
	<i>Yoga: The Art of Transformation</i>. National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC (organizer) (October 19, 2013-January 26, 2014); Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (February 21-May 25, 2014); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 22-September 7, 2014).

	title:		Artlens Exhibition 2017
	opening date:   2017-06-24T04:00:00
	<i>Artlens Exhibition 2017</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24, 2017-May 29, 2019).

	title:		Reinstallation of Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan
	opening date:   2024-10-12T04:00:00
	<i>Reinstallation of Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 12, 2024-November 2, 2025).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(William H. Wolff [1906–1991], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1964
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1964–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 236
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n260

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Golden Anniversary Acquisition,” 1966, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr1421

	Stechow, Wolfgang. "Cleveland's Golden Anniversary Acquisitions." <em>Artnews</em> 65, no. 5 (September 1966): 30-64.
	page number: 	Reproduced p. 31, mentioned p. 64
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 236
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n260

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 300
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n320

	Davidson, Ronald M. I<em>ndian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric Movement</em>. NY: Columbia University Press, 2002.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 212, fig. 12
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	Davidson, Ronald M. <em>Indian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric Movement</em>. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 12
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	Diamond, Debra, and Molly Emma Aitken.<em> Yoga: The Art of Transformation</em>. Washington, D.C.: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 2013.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 1B, pp. 108–109
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 209
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	Larson, Kay. "Yoga: The Art of Transformation." <em>Curator: The Museum Journal </em>57, no. 3 (July 2014): 363–373.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 367, photo 4
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