The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 30, 2023

God Shiva in His Ferocious Aspect as Mahakala Dancing

c. 1700–1710

India, Rajasthan, Mewar school

Ink and color on paper

Overall: 28 x 20.3 cm (11 x 8 in.); with borders: 32.8 x 22.8 cm (12 15/16 x 9 in.)

Gift of George P. Bickford 1955.296

Location

not on view

Provenance
Getty
?–1955
George Bickford [1901–1991] and Clara Louise Gehring Bickford [1903–1985], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1955–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Ward, William E. "Two Rajput Paintings and a Rajput Textile." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 43, no. 4 (1956): 62–65. Mentioned: pp. 62–65; Reproduced: p. 64 www.jstor.org
Getty, Alice. Gaṇeśa; A Monograph on the Elephant-Faced God. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1971. Mentioned and Reproduced: pl. 6b
Sivaramamurti, Calambur. Nataraja in art, thought, and literature. New Delhi: National museum, 1974. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 345, fig. 242
Kramrisch, Stella. Manifestations of Shiva. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1981. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. P-20, p. 182
Exhibition history

Sacred India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1985-January 5, 1986).

Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-December 8, 1996).

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