Shiva Dakshinamurti ("Shiva Who Faces South")

Object Details

• Provenance

  From at least 1942

  C. T. Loo & Co., New York, NY method of acquisition unknown [1]

  1942-1968

  Ownership information unknown

  From at least 1968-1987

  Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987), method of acquisition unknown [2]

  From 1987

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler [3]

  Notes:

  [1] Loo exhibited the sculpture in his New York gallery in 1942, see C. T. Loo & Co., “An Exhibition of the Sculpture of Greater India: A Fully Illustrated Catalogue” [exhibition catalogue], (New York: C. T. Loo & Co., 1942), cat. 39.

  [2] See the “Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Gift Inventory,” number L68.13.27, copy in object file. In 1968, Arthur M. Sackler loaned the sculpture to the Brooklyn Museum, where the museum assigned it the loan number of “L68.13.27.”

  [3] Pursuant to the agreement between Dr. Arthur M. Sackler and the Smithsonian Institution, dated July 28, 1982, legal title of the donated objects was transferred to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on September 11, 1987.

  Research Completed October 17, 2022

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas (March 25, 2023 - ongoing)

  Gods, Companions, and Devotees (October 14, 2017 to March 13, 2020)

  Sculpture of South Asia and the Himalayas (May 4, 1988 to July 9, 2017)

  An Exhibition of the Sculpture of Greater India (1942)

• Previous custodian or owner

  C. T. Loo 盧芹齋 (1880-1957)

  C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)

  Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)

• Origin

  Tamil Nadu state, India

• Credit Line

  Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Sculpture

• On View

  Sackler Gallery 22a: The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1100s, 1200s

• Name

  Loo, C. T., Sackler, Arthur M., C.T. Loo & Company

• Place

  Tamil Nadu state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Chola dynasty (850 - 1280), Stone, Shiva, Educators

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians, Hindus

• Object Type

  Sculpture

• On View

  Yes