id:			148834
accession number:	1976.75
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Vishnu, late 400s CE. Central India, Gupta Period, 5th Century. Sandstone; overall: 85.4 cm (33 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1976.75

title:				Vishnu
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creation date:			late 400s CE
creation date earliest:		475
creation date latest:		500
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Central India, Gupta Period, 5th Century
technique:	sandstone
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 85.4 cm (33 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review, 1976
	opening date:   1977-02-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review, 1976</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).

	title:		The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence
	opening date:   1978-10-05T04:00:00
	<i>The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence</i>. Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (organizer) (October 5-December 3, 1978); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (January 1-February 25, 1979); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (March 24-May 6, 1979).

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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: ?–1976
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1976–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1976." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 64, no. 2 (1977): 39-78.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 170, p. 79; Reproduced: no. 170, p. 59
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25152676

	Czuma, Stanislaw. “Mathura Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum Collection.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 64, no. 3, 1977, pp. 83–114.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 106, fig. 34
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25152680

	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. 291
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n311

	Harle, James C. “The Tradition of Gupta Sculpture and Its Influence.” <em>Apollo</em>, CVIII:200 (October 1978), pp. 232-237.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 234, fig. 4
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	Pal, Pratapaditya. <em>The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence</em>. [New York]: Asia Society in association with J. Weatherhill, 1978.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 24, p. 76
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