The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Apsaras

Apsaras

c. 1920
sandstone
Overall: 61 x 33 cm (24 x 13 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.304
Location: not on view

Description

This sculpture has been carved in the style of the reliefs depicting celestial maidens at the "Terrace of the Leper King" in Angkor Thom.
  • Robert Ochsé, France
    ?–1938
    (Mrs. Paul [Marguerite] Mallon, Paris, France and New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1938–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Hollis, Howard C. “A Cambodian Royal Statue.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 25, no. 9, 1938, pp. 163–164. Mentioned: pp. 163–164 25137961
    Morgan, Whitney. “Museum Accessions.” Parnassus, vol. 11, no. 1, 1939, pp. 37–41. Reproduced: p. 39 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 792 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 243 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 243 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 319 archive.org
  • Exhibition of the Month: Of Wood and Stone. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 15-June 2, 1949).
  • {{cite web|title=Apsaras|url=false|author=|year=c. 1920|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1938.304