id: 144692 accession number: 1969.34 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.34 updated: 2022-04-20 09:01:38.692000 Frieze with Dancer and Musicians, c. 973. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Sikar, Harshagiri, 10th century. Sandstone; overall: 33.4 x 95.3 x 11.3 cm (13 1/8 x 37 1/2 x 4 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1969.34 title: Frieze with Dancer and Musicians title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 973 creation date earliest: 968 creation date latest: 978 current location: 244 Indian and Southeast Asian creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Sikar, Harshagiri, 10th century technique: sandstone department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 33.4 x 95.3 x 11.3 cm (13 1/8 x 37 1/2 x 4 7/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1969 opening date: 1970-01-27T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970). 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: Dance in the Arts of India, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayan World opening date: 2022-11-11T05:00:00 Dance in the Arts of India, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayan World. The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (organizer) (November 11, 2022-February 5, 2023); Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (March 31-July 10, 2023). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (J.J. Klejman, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1969 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1969- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The twisting, dynamic postures of the musicians in this frieze may visually echo the joyful music they are playing together. digital description: wall description: A dancer, who strikes a pose in the center, is accompanied by a full orchestra of musicians in lively variegated poses. At the far left, a woman plays the cymbals, her mouth open in song. Twisting turning postures of figures wrought in high relief with little background space behind them are characteristics of Indian sculpture from the medieval period. Music and dance were important components of devotional temple activities; they were considered as pleasing to the divinity and attractive for devotees as the works of sculpture and architecture. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS 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. 301 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n321 Morris, Rekha. "Sense and Sensitivity: Sherman Lee's Impact on the Collection of North Indian Sculpture at the Cleveland Museum of Art," Orientations, vol. 36, no. 1 (January/February 2005), p. 88-93. page number: Reproduced: pp. 92-93 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.34/1969.34_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.34/1969.34_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.34/1969.34_full.tif