Head of Goddess

Provenance

With Spink & Son, London, by 1982. With James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka, IL, by 1982; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, IL, 1990 [on long-term loan at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1997; signed a promised gift agreement for the work, Mar. 11, 2002 and April 23, 2008]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 15, 2016.

Head of Goddess

Khmer

Angkor period, late 12th–early 13th century

Accession Number

153516

Medium

Sandstone

Dimensions

36.2 × 17 × 18.1 cm (14 1/4 × 6 11/16 × 7 1/8 in.)

Classification

stone (unidentified)

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf