id:			152330
accession number:	1985.191
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.191
updated:		2022-09-10 10:58:18.408000

Iconographic Sketchbook, c. 1500. Tibet. Ink and watercolor on cotton; overall: 20.3 x 12.7 cm (8 x 5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund 1985.191

title:				Iconographic Sketchbook
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1500
creation date earliest:		1495
creation date latest:		1505
current location:		
creditline:			Delia E. Holden Fund
copyright:			

---

culture:	Tibet
technique:	ink and watercolor on cotton
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Tibetan Art
type:		Drawing
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

---

CREATORS

---

measurements: Overall: 20.3 x 12.7 cm (8 x 5 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


inscriptions:

---

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1985
	opening date:   1986-02-12T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1985</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).

	title:		Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation: August 2020-March 2021
	opening date:   2020-08-14T04:00:00
	<i>Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation: August 2020-March 2021</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 14, 2020-March 7, 2021).

	title:		Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation
	opening date:   2021-03-12T05:00:00
	<i>Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 12-August 29, 2021).

---

LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Focus: Tantra in Buddhist Art</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 5-September 15, 2013). (only verso, 1985.191.b)

---

PROVENANCE

	(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1985
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1985-
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


---

fun fact: 
Tibetan <em>thangka </em>painters referred to sketchbooks with drawings that delineate the iconographies—appearance and identifying attributes—of Buddhist figures.

digital description: 
These rare surviving pages of a practice book have drawings of prominent tantric figures. The line drawing is confident and masterful, with each iconographic element rendered with clarity and precision. The svelte proportions of the figures follow the style of the Khyenri school initiated in the second half of the 15th century by the artist Khyentse Wangchuk (about 1420-1500), known for his elegant and energetic depictions of the fierce manifestations of the enlightened beings.

wall description: 

---

RELATED WORKS

---

CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 73, no. 2, 1986, pp. 26–71.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 204, p. 71
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159930

---

IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.191/1985.191_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.191/1985.191_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.191/1985.191_full.tif