Untitled (The Black Pagoda VII)

 

Ynez Johnston

  1920 - 2019 (biography)

1966  

lithograph printed in black 

22 1/4 x 30" image and paper 

pencil, lower center left image 

4 of 10  

chops of the printer and Tamarind visible on verso 

Tamarind 1656 II 

ivory Magnani Italiana wove 

i/ii; second state differs in color and image 

Tamarind 

18787 

SOLD

The second from a series of 10 color lithographs titled "The Black Pagoda", published and printed at Tamarind in Los Angeles in 1966. The Sun Temple of Konark is in Orissa, India was built of sandstone in the 13th century and is one of the 7 Wonders of India. Every inch of the temple is covered with sculpture, in tableaux and freestanding pieces ranging from the monumental to the miniature. The imagery of this print is based on the walls of the temple which is, according to Tagore: 'Where the language of stone surpasses the language of man'. "Every inch of the remaining portions of the temple is covered ...in tableaux and freestanding pieces ranging from the monumental to the miniature. The subject matter is..thousands of images, deities, celestial and human musicians, dancers, lovers, and myriad scenes of courtly life, ranging from hunts and military battles to the pleasures of courtly relaxation."