An arhat, perhaps Arhat Chudapanthaka

Object Details

• Provenance

  At least 1969-1970s

  Daniel Brooks Gallery (active 1961-ca. 2018), New York, NY, method of acquisition unknown [1]

  1970s-at least 1999

  Jack Zimmerman, purchased from Daniel Brooks Gallery [2]

  At least 1999-2008

  Orrin Hein, purchased from Jack Zimmerman [3]

  From 2008

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Orrin Hein [4]

  Notes:

  [1] See curatorial “Acquisition Consideration form,” dated December 12, 2008. The “Acquisition Consideration form” states that the four known thangkas from this series were in the Daniel Brooks Gallery, New York City, in 1969, two of which were purchased by Jack Zimmerman in the 1970s. One of the Zimmerman thangkas subsequently went to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the other was purchased by Orrin Hein.

  Daniel Brooks Gallery, New York, NY was a dealer of Asian and African art, active between 1961 and ca. 2018.

  [2] See note 1.

  Based in New York, Jack and Muriel Zimmerman are collectors of Tibetan and Nepalese and began acquiring objects in 1964. Their collection consists of sculptures, paintings, and bronze objects. Work from their collection may now be found at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Newark Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, among others.

  [3] See note 1. See also Victoria Blyth Hill “Condition report and proposal for treatment,” dated April 17, 1999, copy in object file. The owner is listed as Orrin Hein.

  Orrin Hein is a collector of Tibetan, Nepalese, and Indian art. Works from his collection may now be found at the Brooklyn Museum, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, and the Yale University Museum.

  [4] See also “Incoming Receipt,” dated December 4, 2008, copy in object file. The object was transferred from Orrin Hein to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery for acquisition consideration on December 4, 2008. See Arthur M. Sackler, “Acquisition Consideration Form,” approved on December 18, 2008, copy in object file. See also signed “Deed of Gift to the Arthur M. Sacker Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution,” copy in object file.

  Research updated September 28, 2023

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Daniel Brooks Gallery (active 1961-ca. 2018)

  Zimmerman Family

  Orrin Hein

• Origin

  Probably Tsang region, Tibet

• Credit Line

  Gift of Orrin Hein

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s, 1300s

• Name

  Zimmerman Family, Hein, Orrin, Daniel Brooks Gallery

• Place

  Tsang region, Tibet

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Thangka, Art

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians, Arhats

• Object Type

  Paintings