id:			144692
accession number:	1969.34
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.34
updated:		2024-08-15 15:28:30.241000

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
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creation date:			c. 973
creation date earliest:		968
creation date latest:		978
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Sikar, Harshagiri, 10th century
technique:	sandstone
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 33.4 x 95.3 x 11.3 cm (13 1/8 x 37 1/2 x 4 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

	title:		Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music
	opening date:   1996-09-24T04:00:00
	<i>Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-December 8, 1996).

	title:		Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art
	opening date:   2022-11-11T05:00:00
	<i>Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art</i>. The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (organizer) (November 11, 2022-February 5, 2023) https://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/art/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/beyond-bollywood-2000-years-of-dance-in-art/; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (March 31-July 10, 2023) https://exhibitions.asianart.org/exhibitions/beyond-bollywood-2000-years-of-dance-in-art/.

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(J.J. Klejman [1906–1995], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1969
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1969–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lerner, Martin. “Some Unpublished Sculpture from Harshagiri.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 56, no. 10 (December 1969): 354–364.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 356; Mentioned: p. 358, fig.1
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152300

	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. 301
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n321

	Czuma, Stanislaw J., "Eternal Rhythms", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 36 no. 08, October 1996.
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 9
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1996-08/page/8

	Morris, Rekha. "Sense and Sensitivity: Sherman Lee's Impact on the Collection of North Indian Sculpture at the Cleveland Museum of Art," <em>Orientations</em>, vol. 36, no. 1 (January/February 2005), pp. 88–93.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 92–93
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	McGill, Forrest. <em>Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in the Arts of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayan Region.</em> San Francisco, CA: Asian Art Museum, 2022.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 200, no. 80
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