Dharmakaya (from the series Novellas)
Artist
Patrick Nagatani
(American, 1945 - 2017)
Printer
Jeff Ryan
(American, born 1962)
Publisher
21 Steps Editions
(American, founded 1991)
Date1992
Mediumwaterless lithograph
DimensionsImage: 21 11/16 × 18 1/8 in. (55.1 × 46 cm)
Support: 21 11/16 × 18 1/8 in. (55.1 × 46 cm)
Support (Secondary): 23 15/16 × 19 15/16 in. (60.8 × 50.6 cm)
Mat: 30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 61 cm)
Support: 21 11/16 × 18 1/8 in. (55.1 × 46 cm)
Support (Secondary): 23 15/16 × 19 15/16 in. (60.8 × 50.6 cm)
Mat: 30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 61 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineGift of Richard Levy and Dana Asbury, 2018
Object number2018.11.2
Text EntriesThe meaning given for “Dharmakaya” is:
“Indian word representing the huge area of human experience cut off by cultural
filtering.”
Darmakaya is a Sanskrit word (meaning “truth body” or “reality body”) that refers to one of the three bodies of a Buddha in Mahayana Buddhism. It could be thought of as the true self of the Buddha present within all beings.
The mask at the center of the composition is…appears in another photograph by the artist….
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