The God Surya
ca. 600
Gupta Period (320-600)
45 3/4 x 23 x 7 7/8 in. (116.2 x 58.4 x 20 cm)
Indian artist
India
Indian; made in Uttar Pradesh
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Buff sandstone
Credit Line:
R. T. Miller Fund
Accession Number:
1982.48
Location: Currently on view
Provenance
Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck, New York, until 1971; Christian Humann, New York and Paris ("Pan-Asian Collection") (d. 1981); purchased from his estate by Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, New York (dealer); purchased from him by the Gallery in 1982
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Article Author: Pal, Pratapaditya.
Article Scope: Article and reproduction.
Susan Dodge Peters, ed.
Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection.
New York, New York: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
Page Number: 158-159
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Article Title: Recent Acquisition: Indian Sun God Added to Permanent Collection.
Article Scope: Article and reproduction.
Memorial Art Gallery.
Gallery Notes.
Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995.
Volume Number: 49,
Issue Number: 4.
Issue Date: November 1983.
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Article Scope: Mention.
Elizabeth Brayer.
Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988.
Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
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MAGazine.
Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery
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La Chronique des Arts.
Paris, France
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Article Scope: Entry and reproduction.
Pratapaditya Pal.
The Sensuous Immortals: A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1977.
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