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God Shiva in His Ferocious Aspect as Mahakala Dancing

c. 1700-1710

India, Rajasthan, Mewar school, early 18th Century

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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