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Zen for TV

Artist:
Nam June Paik, born Seoul, Korea 1932-died Miami Beach, FL 2006  Search this
Medium:
manipulated television set; black and white, silent
Dimensions:
19 x 22 1/2 x 18 in. (48.3 x 57.2 x 45.7 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1963, 1976 version
Topic:
Religion\Buddhism  Search this
Object\furniture\television  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Byungseol and Dolores An
Copyright:
© Nam June Paik Estate
Object number:
2006.20
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 3rd Floor, East Wing
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk73a4b9b10-980f-4355-b7b7-fa6afcbe54f9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2006.20

Still Life with Buddha, (painting)

Painter:
Brodney, Edward 1910-2002  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1973
Topic:
Still Life--Art Object--Sculpture  Search this
Still Life--Flower  Search this
Religion--Buddhism--Buddha  Search this
Control number:
IAP 9F740008
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_480181

An archaeological history of Indian Buddhism Lars Fogelin

Author:
Fogelin, Lars  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 250 pages illustrations, maps 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
India
Inde
Indien
Date:
2015
Topic:
Buddhism--History  Search this
Buddhist antiquities  Search this
Bouddhisme--Histoire  Search this
15.38 archaeology of the non-Western world  Search this
11.93 Buddhism  Search this
15.75 history of Asia  Search this
RELIGION--Buddhism--History  Search this
Buddhism  Search this
Buddhismus  Search this
Archäologie  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145349

Prayer wheel

Collector:
Graham, David Crockett  Search this
Wylie, Gertrude Hulbert  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology  Search this
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology  Search this
Extent:
1 Item
Container:
Box 11, Folder 145
Culture:
Chinese -- prayer wheel  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Some materials are restricted.

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Topic:
Religion -- prayer wheel  Search this
Prayer wheels  Search this
Religion -- Buddhism  Search this
prayer wheel -- China  Search this
Collection Citation:
Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Department of Anthropology records
Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / China—Books
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3bf6e1d7c-98a9-4f5d-b0c3-77c23facb3d7
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-xxxx-0311-ref16313

Seated Buddha

Artist:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
glass
Dimensions:
1 3/4 x 1 x 3/8 in. (4.3 x 2.6 x 1.1 cm)
Type:
Decorative Arts-Glass
Date:
618-907
Topic:
Religion\Buddhism\Buddha  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly
Object number:
1929.8.264.26
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Decorative Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7e4b28129-b757-4553-bb99-12739afb5a2d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1929.8.264.26

Bodhisattva

Artist:
Unidentified (Chinese)  Search this
Medium:
marble
Dimensions:
43 x 15 x 13 7/8 in. (109.2 x 38.1 x 35.2 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
ca. 900
Topic:
Figure female\full length  Search this
Religion\Buddhism\Bodhisattva  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly
Object number:
1929.8.344
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk723390c7c-ef25-4808-8e22-13858e3054d5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1929.8.344

Buddhist incense offering goddesses (possibly Dhupa)

Artist:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
13 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. (34.3 x 23.2 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1450-1500
Topic:
Figure  Search this
Religion\Buddhism  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly
Object number:
1929.8.584
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk788f2eb37-cc68-4105-bdf7-b6f41894f728
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1929.8.584

Vairocana Buddha

Artist:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
marble
Dimensions:
16 x 10 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (40.6 x 27.2 x 9.6 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
9th-10th century
Topic:
Figure  Search this
Religion\Buddhism\Buddha  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly
Object number:
1929.8.603
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7ee8582f3-68ff-49b4-8a94-c06fe0361a34
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1929.8.603

Only Gradually Did Kuan-uin

Artist:
Harry Cimino, born Marion, IN 1898-died Sharon, CT 1969  Search this
Medium:
woodcut
Dimensions:
plate: 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (11.3 x 8.9 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
n.d.
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Architecture\boat\sailing ship  Search this
Landscape  Search this
Architecture Exterior  Search this
Object\other\sign  Search this
Religion\Buddhism\Kuan Yin  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Charlotte Manzari
Object number:
1969.31.34
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7f1ff816f-2f21-4e8c-8cbc-1717293a807d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1969.31.34

Buddha Reclining with Base

Artist:
Unidentified (Burmese)  Search this
Medium:
gilded and painted stone
Dimensions:
7 3/4 x 18 7/8 x 7 in. (19.7 x 48.0 x 17.7 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
18th century
Topic:
Religion\Buddhism  Search this
Religion\Buddhism\Buddha  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William E. Huntington in memory of Alice Pike Barney
Object number:
1976.86.6A-B
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7a2891de0-38a2-4e90-9366-17c094c982f0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1976.86.6A-B

Bangkok

Artist:
Louis Lozowick, born Ludvinovka, Russia 1892-died South Orange, NJ 1973  Search this
Medium:
color lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
image: 16 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (40.9 x 30.8 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1966
Topic:
Architecture\religious\temple  Search this
Religion\Buddhism  Search this
Occupation\religion\monk  Search this
Landscape\Thailand\Bangkok  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Adele Lozowick
Copyright:
© 1966, Lee Lozowick
Object number:
1979.76.16
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7354ddbc3-c900-436e-8103-dbc165df2fba
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1979.76.16

"As a solid rock is not shaken by a strong gale, so wise persons remain unaffected by praise or censure."--Buddha, 5th century, B.C. From the series Great Ideas of Eastern Man.

Artist:
Yusaku Kamekura, Japanese, born Japan 1915  Search this
Medium:
color transparency
Dimensions:
sheet and image: 16 1/8 x 12 3/4 in. (41.0 x 32.4 cm.)
Type:
Photography-Phototransparency
Date:
1960
Topic:
Landscape\rocks  Search this
Religion\Buddhism  Search this
Landscape\plant\flower  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.135
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk757c8cae0-700e-4e79-b72f-80bc26b53e7e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.135

"Victory breeds hatred, for the vanquished is stricken with suffering; but the tranquil man lives in happiness, disregarding both victory and defeat."--Buddha, The Dhammapada, verse 201. From the series Great Ideas of Eastern Man.

Artist:
Matazo Kayama, Japanese, born Kyoto, Japan 1927  Search this
Medium:
gouache, metallic gouache, and opaque white on dyed paper mounted on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 14 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. (37.7 x 26.7 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
ca. 1961
Topic:
Landscape\tree  Search this
Landscape\celestial\sun  Search this
Religion\Buddhism  Search this
Animal\bird\raven  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.142
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk74d02db63-4dae-4da6-848b-51a5558c32cf
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.142

Untitled (Though one should in battle conquer a thousand times, he who conquers himself has the more glorious victory.)--Buddha. From the series Great Ideas of Eastern Man.

Artist:
Chi-kwan Chen, Chinese, born Peking, China 1921  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper mounted on paperboard
Dimensions:
sight 26 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (67.2 x 19.9 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
ca. 1959-1960
Topic:
Figure male\full length  Search this
Religion\Buddhism\Buddha  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.65
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk709a9b407-9b5f-40c0-8796-e9cb8d5395c2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.65

Teasing the Daruma

Artist:
Helen Hyde, born Lima, NY 1868-died Pasadena, CA 1919  Search this
Medium:
color woodcut on paper
Dimensions:
image: 5 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (13.9 x 23.8 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1905
Topic:
Figure\child  Search this
Japanese  Search this
Religion\Buddhism  Search this
Dress\Japanese dress  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Hyde Gillette in memory of Mabel Hyde Gillette and Edwin Fraser Gillette
Object number:
1992.13.40
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk73ca3bb83-243f-4534-9cc0-e72adb0d7165
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1992.13.40

The Daruma Branch

Artist:
Helen Hyde, born Lima, NY 1868-died Pasadena, CA 1919  Search this
Medium:
color woodcut on paper
Dimensions:
image: 4 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. (12.5 x 11.4 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1910
Topic:
Japanese  Search this
Religion\Buddhism  Search this
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Figure male\child\full length  Search this
Dress\Japanese dress  Search this
Object\foliage  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Hyde Gillette in memory of Mabel Hyde Gillette and Edwin Fraser Gillette
Object number:
1992.13.61
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk71a856506-8898-4dfb-9beb-188a1ebd4c33
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1992.13.61

Zen Garden Two

Artist:
Maltby Sykes, born Aberdeen, MS 1911-died Montgomery, AL 1992  Search this
Medium:
lithograph
Dimensions:
sheet: 24 x 36 in. (61.0 x 91.4 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
n.d.
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Landscape\garden  Search this
Religion\Buddhism  Search this
Religion\New Testament\Agony in the garden  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Marjorie Tyre Sykes
Object number:
1994.108.12
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7cc502a6a-cdd2-4683-93f5-8731b04eac4e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1994.108.12

There is no Buddha Out There

Artist:
William T. Wiley, born Bedford, IN 1937-died Greenbrae, CA 2021  Search this
Medium:
color etching
Dimensions:
22 x 22 1/2 in. (55.9 x 57.2 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1999
Topic:
Figure\full length  Search this
Religion\Buddhism\Buddha  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist
Copyright:
© 1999, William T. Wiley
Object number:
2003.68.25
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7826e88a8-03a1-4adc-8065-1eab72d3062e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2003.68.25

The Eternal Supper [painting] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Mora, F. Luis 1874-1940  Search this
Subject:
Mohammed  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
Ca. 1926
Topic:
Religion--New Testament--Christ  Search this
Religion--Old Testament--Moses  Search this
Religion--Buddhism--Buddha  Search this
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0101577
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Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_101578

(No Title Given) [sculpture] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Type:
Photograph
Topic:
Figure female  Search this
Religion--Buddhism  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0023811
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Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_23812

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