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Indian Sculpture from the

Collection of Siddharth K. Bhansali

Dr. Siddharth K. Bhansali is a renown interventional cardiologist practicing in New Orleans.
He is an avid collector of Welsh furniture, English sporting paintings, Indian tribal art,
and early Indian sculpture. Himself a Jain born in Mumbai, he has assembled the most
important private collection of Jain art in the United States. He also holds one of the
most comprehensive collections of Indian bronze sculpture from the first millennium CE,
including rare categories little-known to most collectors, such as bronzes from the Ikshvaku,
Rashtrakuta, and Western Chalukya dynasties, alongside those of the better-known the
Gupta, Pala, Pallava, and Chola periods.

Sid Bhansali has been a member of the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) Board of
Trustees variously since 1990. He has also served on the Visiting Committee of the National
Museum of Asian Art, Washington, D.C. Sid Bhansali has lent artworks to two major
exhibitions on Jain art in America, The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India at the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art in 1994, and The Victorious Ones: Jain Images of Perfection
at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York in 2009-2010. In 2011, the New Orleans Museum
of Art produced The Elegant Image, an exhibition and catalog dedicated to Dr. Bhansali’s
collection, curated by the eminent scholar Dr. Pratapaditya Pal. Dr. Bhansali continues to loan
artworks to NOMA, including two current exhibitions dedicated to works from his collection:
Arte Sacra: Roman Catholic Art from Portuguese India and The Pursuit of Salvation: Jain Art
from India, both on view until 20 June 2021.

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