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
eMuseum NotesThe 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.
On View
Not on viewTerms
- montage
- composition (artistic arrangement)
- puzzles
- masks (costume)
- marks (symbols)
- art history
- disease
Patrick Nagatani
2005 (printed 2006)
Patrick Nagatani
1978 (printed 2004)
Patrick Nagatani
1978 (printed 2004)
