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Title

Prayer Wheel (Mani Wheel)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Tibet

Physical Description

A 'mani' or prayer wheel, a common ritual object used in Tibetan Buddhism: a device made a handle (here a simple wooden stick) supporting a hollow cylindrical drum on a spindle. A small metal weight, attached to one one side of the drum with a cord, allows the wheel to spin with a slight rotation of the wrist. The drum in his case is of hammered metal, with incised patterns of Buddhist auspicious symbols.

Century

19th-early 20th century

Object Creation Date

mid 19th century - early 20th century

Accession Number

1983/1.423

Medium and Support

copper? and wood

relevance

rank 10.00919

Primary Keywords

buddhism

himalayan

prayers

ritual

vajrayana

Title

Study of the Hands and Torso of a Praying Figure; Study of a Male Nude and a Leg

Artist

Carlo Maratta

Physical Description

A sketch done in red chalk of a figure in prayer. The drawing is composed of just the model's torso, from shoulders to hip. The figure's arms are slightly outstreched with palms together in prayer.

Artist Life Dates

1625 - 1713

Object Creation Date

1650-1725

Accession Number

2009/1.507

Medium and Support

conte crayon on paper

relevance

rank 10.00919

Primary Keywords

chalk method

man

prayers

torsos

Title

Adoration of the Shepherds

Artist

Nicolaus van Aelst

Physical Description

This black and white print depicts a scene with groups of figures separated compositionally by a large wooden post that is placed in the foreground of the composition, just left of center. Four male figures on the left look toward the scene on the right where a woman kneels in prayer before a child accompanied by two angels and a haloed man feeding hay to a donkey.

Artist Life Dates

1526-1613

Object Creation Date

circa 1604-1606

Accession Number

2012/2.185

Medium and Support

engraving and etching on off-white medium laid paper

relevance

rank 10.00919

Primary Keywords

jesus christ

prayers

shepherds

virgins

Title

Prayer Wheel (Mani Wheel)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Tibet

Physical Description

An example of a 'mani' or prayer wheel, a common ritual object used in Tibetan Buddhism: a device made a handle (here a wooden stick, with simple incised line designs) supporting a hollow cylindrical drum on a spindle. Here the drum is elaboratedly decorated with rows of inset turquoise stones, as well as a row of Sanskit letters in bone. A small weight of bone attached to one one side of the drum with a metal chain, allows the wheel to spin with a slight rotation of the wrist.

Century

19th-20th century

Object Creation Date

mid 19th century - early 20th century

Accession Number

1983/1.424

Medium and Support

metal, wood, bone, and turquoise

relevance

rank 10.00919

Primary Keywords

buddhism

himalayan

prayers

ritual

vajrayana

Title

Warsaw

Artist

Ben Shahn

Physical Description

A black and white print that features a person holding his head in clenched fists. His clothing is creased by his dynamic position, back is haunched. Below the drawing is stylized Hebrew block print. Translated it reads "These martyrs I well remember, and my soul melts with secret sorrow. Evil men have devoured us and eagerly consumed us". The calligraphy is a prayer recited for the Musaf Service during Yom Kippur.

Artist Life Dates

1898-1969

Object Creation Date

1943; printed 1963

Accession Number

2011/1.101

Medium and Support

serigraph on paper

relevance

rank 9.90151

Primary Keywords

calligraphy

jewish art

judaica

judaism

prayers

Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 12 - For Ever and Ever. Amen! (Das Vaterunser - von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit. Amen!)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

One forearm extends from the upper left side and ends to the right of center in a hand with palm down. Another arm extends from the lower right and ends in the lower left in a hand with palm up. Between the hands is the word "Amen!" in large letters.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.434

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 9.59195

Primary Keywords

expressionism

expressionist

hands

portfolios (groups of works)

prayers

spirituality

woodcuts

Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 1 (Das Vaterunser)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

This title sheet from Pechstein's "The Lord's Prayer" portfolio has the title of the series in large letters and an attribution to Pechstein at the bottom. Beneath the word "Vater," a man leans over a table, his hands folded in prayer. Two other praying men in profile bracket the word "Unser" near the bottom. All three wear plain, long-sleeved blue shirts.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.423

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 9.59195

Primary Keywords

expressionism

expressionist

men

portfolios (groups of works)

prayers

spirituality

woodcuts

Title

, sheet 3 - Hallowed Be Thy Name (Das Vaterunser - Geheiligt werde Dein Name)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

Three dark female figures are suspended in purgatory, with clasped hands in front of a triangular shaft of light that projects down from the top.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.425

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 9.49302

Primary Keywords

expressionism

expressionist

portfolios (groups of works)

prayers

praying

spirituality

women

woodcuts

Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 7 - As We Forgive Them that Sin Against Us (Das Vaterunser - Wie wir vergeben unsern Schuldigern)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

A male figure in profile seen at viewer's right rests his head on the shoulder of a woman. The figures grasp hands in the center of the composition; the female figure's proper left hand rests upon the neck of the male figure; both figures are dressed in dark clothes and illuiminated from behind by a bright white light; text runs along the uppermost edge of the composition, at the viewer's right mid-center, and along the bottom proper.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.429

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 9.39611

Primary Keywords

couples

embraces

expressionism

expressionist

grief

portfolios (groups of works)

prayers

spirituality

woodcuts

Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 2 - Our Father Who Art in Heaven (Das Vaterunser - Vater Unser Der Du bist im Himmel)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

A large central figure represents God towers seen in the radiating rays of light and clouds that surround him.. On the forehead of his blocky, totemic head is a third eye. His left arm crosses over his middle and holds fire. His right hand extends down to the lower right corner as reaching down. The words "Vater Unser" are at the very top; "Der Du Bist" across God's waistline; "im Himmel" along the bottom.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.424

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 9.39611

Primary Keywords

deity

expressionism

expressionist

gods

hands

portfolios (groups of works)

prayers

spirituality

woodcuts

Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 4 - Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done on Earth, as It Is in Heaven (Das Vaterunser - Dein Reich komme, Dein Wille geschehe, Wie im Himmel, also auch auf Erden)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

Three male figures dressed in dark clothing, with their backs to the viewer, stand on a shore facing the water as shafts of light break through dark clouds overhead. The figure at the viewer's left raises his hands in exultation. The man in the center stands with head tilted back; the figure at the viewer's righ looks down, as if at his hands. The words of the Lord's Prayer are presented in three lines of text, at the top, middle, and bottom of the composition.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.426

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 9.30116

Primary Keywords

clouds

expressionism

expressionist

heaven

men

portfolios (groups of works)

prayers

spirituality

sunlight

woodcuts

Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 6 - And Forgive Us Our Sins (Das Vaterunser - Und vergieb uns unsre Schuld)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

A group of seven men kneel and pray around a radiant figure representing God. God is in the viewer's upper left, and the supplicants are arranged around him. Hands project into the scene from behind God, suggesting additional figures kneeling in prayer behind.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.428

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 9.30116

Primary Keywords

expressionism

expressionist

gods

hands

men

portfolios (groups of works)

prayers

praying

spirituality

woodcuts

Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 9 - But Deliver Us from Evil (Das Vaterunser - Sondern erlöse uns von dem Übel)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

At viewer's left, two reclining figures lie side-by-side in a bed, covered by a sheet up to their chins. At the foot of the bed at the viewer's right, a man sits with his eyes closed and his hands on his head. To the viewer's left, in the foreground , a woman sits, crying, wiping her eyes with the back of her left hand.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.431

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 9.20811

Primary Keywords

corpses

deaths

expressionism

expressionist

figures

grief

portfolios (groups of works)

prayers

reclining

spirituality

woodcuts

Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 8 - And Lead Us Not into Temptation (Das Vaterunser - Und führe uns nicht in Versuchung)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

A nude man and woman at center struggle with one another; a snake and a seated figure are visible in the background. The two central figures with intertwined limbs suggesting a struggle are positioned above a sharp-toothed mammal resembling a fox.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.430

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 9.20811

Primary Keywords

animals

couples

expressionism

expressionist

fighting

mammals

portfolios (groups of works)

prayers

snakes

spirituality

woodcuts

Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 5 - Give Us this Day Our Daily Bread (Das Vaterunser - Unser täglich Brot gieb uns heute)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

Four men in plain, dark clothing sit, with hands folded in prayer, around a rectangular table, in the center of which is a fish on an oval platter. The man at the far end has his eyes closed. The other three raise their faces to heaven.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.427

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 9.11690

Primary Keywords

expressionism

expressionist

fish

food

meals

men

portfolios (groups of works)

prayers

praying

sitting

spirituality

woodcuts

Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 10 - For Thine Is the Kingdom (Das Vaterunser - Denn Dein ist das Reich)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

A man, a woman, and a child facing the viewer with their hands folded in prayer. The man and woman sit on a mattress and look to heaven. The child stands in front of them with his head bowed. Next to the child is a diminutive cow. In the background behind the family are images of fish and birds.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.432

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 9.02748

Primary Keywords

birds

cows

expressionism

expressionist

families

fish

grief

portfolios (groups of works)

prayers

praying

seated

spirituality

woodcuts

Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 11 - The Power and the Glory (Das Vaterunser - Und die Kraft und die Herrlichkeit)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

Positioned in the upper center, a large eye sits inside a black triangle from which five arms and hands radiate. Behind the triangle and extending to the viewer's right edge is a rainbow. Below the triangle is a stylized, mask-like face that radiates beams of light rom its eyes. On each side of this large face is a man's face in profile. In the far background, there are mountains and clouds.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.433

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 8.85380

Primary Keywords

clouds

expressionism

expressionist

eyes

faces

gods

hands

light (energy)

portfolios (groups of works)

prayers

pyramid

rainbows

spirituality

woodcuts