"Provenance & Himalayan Art", for Himalayan Art Resources, March 2024
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Excerpt:
"The three objects currently included in this set have been repatriated by the Rubin Museum of Art to Nepal. The Bhairava mask which is a large ritual object created for communal use during the Indrajatra festival (wherein the mask's open mouth is linked to an earthen pot filled with rice beer and Newar devotees drink from its mouth as a blessing from their ancestor god Hatha Dya, with whom Bhairava is closely associated) was reported to have been stolen on the 8th of March 1995. The two apsara reliefs in wood were architectural elements that appeared in in-situ photographs published in Mary Slusser's two volume series "Nepal Mandala: A Cultural Study of the Kathmandu Valley" Vol. 1-2. Princeton University Press, 1982. As both dates of removal from Nepal precede the 1972 UNESCO agreement and the Nepalese patrimony law of 1956 they are considered illegally removed from their country of origin. See the Rubin Museum of Art's statement on the Bhairava mask here: "Bhairava Press Release"..." |
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Deities Unveiled: Himalayan Art from the Collection of Dr. John N. Loomis (2022)
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"I am especially drawn to the three images reproduced in the Collector’s Notes above, as well as in their place in the beautiful catalogue eloquently curated by Laura A. Weinstein.......I gratefully thank Dr. Loomis for assembling this amazing collection, Laura A. Weinstein for doing a great job of researching and curating the rare pieces, and the producers of this beautiful book. May the vision of these treasures inspire present and future Tibetan and Himalayan artists to persevere in more creations at such an extraordinarily high standard." -Dr. Robert F. Thurman |
sample pages
[Publisher's description:] "Text by Laura A. Weinstein and Introduction by Dr. Robert A. F. Thurman. This ground-breaking, lavishly illustrated, hard-bound volume on the private collection of Dr. John N. Loomis takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the Himalayas with a particular focus on sculpture from the 7th through 19th centuries. These museum-quality works were created by highly-skilled artists and ateliers commissioned by patrons of monasteries and temples throughout Tibet, Nepal, and India. This highly personal collection was assembled over many decades by a passionate collector who embraced the quality and spirituality of these beautiful works of art and has enjoyed living with them for most of his long life."
[Publisher's description:] "Text by Laura A. Weinstein and Introduction by Dr. Robert A. F. Thurman. This ground-breaking, lavishly illustrated, hard-bound volume on the private collection of Dr. John N. Loomis takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the Himalayas with a particular focus on sculpture from the 7th through 19th centuries. These museum-quality works were created by highly-skilled artists and ateliers commissioned by patrons of monasteries and temples throughout Tibet, Nepal, and India. This highly personal collection was assembled over many decades by a passionate collector who embraced the quality and spirituality of these beautiful works of art and has enjoyed living with them for most of his long life."
Review of Deities Unveiled: Himalayan Art from the Collection of Dr. John N. Loomis
by Jeff Watt of himalayanart.org
by Jeff Watt of himalayanart.org
Review of "Buddha, Sage of the Shakya Clan: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection" by Tricycle Magazine
Christie's, September 2021, lot 409
Kapoor Galleries 2021 catalogue
Christie's, September 2020, lots 729, 730, & 737
Kapoor Galleries 2020 catalogue
Christie's, September 2019
Christie's, March 2019
Christie's, September 2018
Christie's, March 2018
"Art Without Design", Tricycle.org
[Editor: Laura Wein] Gautama V. Vajracharya, Nepalese Seasons: Rain and Ritual, Rubin Museum of Art: New York, 2016.
Tibet Journal Vol. XLI, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2016 [written in 2015]
