Paul F. Walter (1935-2017): Personal Memories

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14. Mahasiddha Manibhadra Under a Mango Tree with an Eviscerated Dog
13th/14th century
Terracotta
31.0 x 21.0 x 9.5 cm (12 3/16 x 8 ¼ x 3 ¾ in.)

Gift of Paul Walter in honor of Dr. Pratapaditya Pal
Art Institute of Chicago
1995.465

Exhibition History:
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, (and other venues), Icons of Piety, Images of Whimsy: Asian Terra-cottas from the Walter-Grounds Collection, 1987

Chicago, IL, The Art Institute of Chicago, "Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure, " 5 April 2003 - 17 August 2003 and Washington, DC, The Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: 18 October 2003 - 11 January 2004

New York, NY, Rubin Museum of Art, "Holy Madness: Portraits of Tantric Siddhas", 11 February 2006 – 7 May 2006.

Publication History:
Rob Linrothe, Editor, Holy Madness: Portraits of Tantric Siddhas (Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 2006), p. 280 and 282 cat. 43. Also see p. 168.

Pratapaditya Pal, Himalayan Art: Selected New Acquisitions. Arts of Asia, 29, 3 (May-June 1999), p. 79, fig. 9.

Pratapaditya Pal, Icons of Piety, Images of Whimsy: Asian Terra-cottas from the Walter-Grounds Collection. (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987), p. 77: 41 and color plate p. 24.

Pratapaditya Pal, Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure (The Art Institute of Chicago, 2003), p. 56-7, plate 28.

Photo courtesy Art Institute of Chicago