The Great Enlightenment
Unknown Tibetan, Tibetan
mid-20th century
Woodcut on handmade paper
Block: 30 7/8 × 19 1/2 in. (78.4 × 49.5 cm)
Sheet: 32 × 21 1/2 in. (81.3 × 54.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ian Alsop, Class of 1969
PR.972.117.72
Geography
Place Made: Himalayan Region, Tibet, Asia
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Course History
REL 19, AMES 39, Tibetan Buddhism, Nancy Lin, Winter 2012
REL 19, AMES 39, Tibetan Buddhism, Nancy Lin, Winter 2012
ANTH 50.17, Rites of Passage, Sienna Craig, Spring 2020
Exhibition History
Asian Art from the Permanent Collection, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 22-March 21, 1982.
Provenance
Collected by Ian Alsop in Nepal, about 1972; given to present collection, 1972.
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