Shiva Dakshinamurti ("Shiva Who Faces South")

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 Arthur M. Sackler Collection 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 (November 19, 1992 to July 9, 2017) An Exhibition of the Sculpture of Greater India (1942) C.T. Loo 盧芹齋 (1880-1957) C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948) Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)