id:			151020
accession number:	1982.64
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.64
updated:		2024-08-10 14:47:55.190000

Lovers (Mithuna), 1000s. India, Madhya Pradesh, Khajuraho, Medieval period, Candella dynasty, 11th century. Sandstone; overall: 74 cm (29 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1982.64

title:				Lovers (Mithuna)
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creation date:			1000s
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1100
current location:		244 Indian and Southeast Asian
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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culture:	India, Madhya Pradesh, Khajuraho, Medieval period, Candella dynasty, 11th century
technique:	sandstone
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 74 cm (29 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1982
	opening date:   1983-01-05T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1982</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).

	title:		Rings: Five Passions in World Art
	opening date:   1996-07-04T04:00:00
	<i>Rings: Five Passions in World Art</i>. High Museum of Art (organizer) (July 4-September 29, 1996).

	title:		Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2009-06-27T04:00:00
	<i>Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Pan Asian Collection
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	(Robert H. Ellsworth [1929–2014], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1982
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1982–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. <em>Masterworks of Asian Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 142-143
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	May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. <em>Knockouts: A Pocket Guide</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Reproduced:  no. 99, pp. 89-90; Mentioned: p. 119
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	Czuma, Stanislaw, "Great Acquisitions and Southeast Asian Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art," <em>Orientations</em> (Jan/Feb 2005), vol. 36, no. 1.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 85
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	Macnab, Maggie. <em>Decoding Design: Understanding and Using Symbols in Visual Communication: Discover the Hidden Meanings Inside Common Corporate Logos and Designs</em>. Cincinnati, Ohio: HOW Books, 2008.
	page number: 	Reproduced: Fig. 2.19
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	Franklin, David and C. Griffith Mann. <em>Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 84-85
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