Vishnu Trivikrama

Arts of Asia

Pala period, 11th century

Bangladesh or India

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Vishnu Trivikrama
Place: Bangladesh (Object made in)
Date: 1001–1100
Medium: Black basalt
Dimensions: 92 × 46.4 × 17.2 cm (37 1/4 × 18 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf
Reference Number: 2019.724
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Pratapaditya Pal with contributions by Stephen Little, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, 1997), 40 (ill.), 280, cat. 38.

Art Institute of Chicago, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Aug. 2–Oct. 26, 1997, cat. 38.

With Jean-Claude Moreau-Gobard Gallery, Paris, by Feb. 5, 1963 [this and the following according to invoice from Jean-Claude Moreau-Gobard Gallery, Feb. 5, 1963 and memo from James Alsdorf, Apr. 4, 1963; copies in curatorial object file]; sold to James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka and Chicago, IL, Apr. 4, 1963; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, 1990 [on long-term loan to the Art Institute of Chicago, July 15, 1997; publicly promised as a gift to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1997; signed a promised gift agreement for the work, 2002]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.

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