Nandi

Object Details

• Provenance

  Mrs. Anne Burnett Tandy, Fort Worth, TX [1]

  To 1985

  Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (born 1929), New York City, acquired from the Estate of Mrs. Anne Burnett Tandy, to 1985 [2]

  From 1985

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in 1985

  Notes:

  [1] According to Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Mrs. Anne Burnett Tandy had owned the object since the late 1930s or early 1940s. In late 1969 or early 1970, Ezra Stoller photographed Mrs. Tandy's house for "House and Garden" magazine.

  Among those photographs is one showing the object displayed outside the house, beside the swimming pool. These photographs establish that the object had been out of India before 1969-70 (see Curatorial Note 7 in object record).

  [2] According to Curatorial Note 7 in object record.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Body Image (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)

  South Asian Sculpture (February 22, 2000 to June 18, 2003)

  South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)

  The Arts of South Asia (May 13, 1985 to December 2, 1985)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mrs. Anne Burnett Tandy

  Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (1929-2014)

• Origin

  Tamil Nadu state, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Sculpture

• On View

  Freer Gallery 01: Body Image: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1100s, 1200s

• Name

  Burnett Tandy, Anne, Ellsworth, Robert Hatfield

• Place

  Tamil Nadu state, India

• Topic

  Bronze, South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Sculpture, Chola dynasty (850 - 1280), Robert Hatfield Ellsworth collection, Bulls, Nandi, Metal-work

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians, Hindus

• Object Type

  Sculpture

• On View

  Yes