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A Masterpiece Restored: LACMA's Tibetan Painting of Yama and Yami
Through August 2008 | Ahmanson Building, 3rd Level
One of the largest (94 1/2 inches in height) and most significant Tibetan ceremonial thangka paintings in the renowned collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is an extraordinary eastern Tibetan image of the Vajrayana Buddhist protective deities Yama and his sister Yami, entitled Yama and Yami. In this thangka, dating from circa 1675–1725, Yama is depicted in his conceptual form of the Outer Yamaraja (Lord of Death), who protects Buddhists and monasteries from droughts, bandits, and other evils.
The monumental thangka was generously donated to the museum in 1971 by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Zimmerman. Despite its art historical importance and strong visual presence, however, it was never publicly displayed because of its fragile surface condition, extensive buckling and severely flaking paint. Yama and Yami has been restored to its former full artistic glory, funded in part by a generous grant from the Margot and Thomas Pritzker Family Foundation.
Eastern Tibet, Kham region, Himalayas
Yama and Yami, circa 1675-1725
Painting; Thangka, Mineral pigments and gold on cotton cloth, Image: 94 1/2 x 58 1/4 in. (240.03 x 147.96 cm); Overall (with former mount): 317.5 x 212.09 cm. (125 x 83 1/2 in)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Zimmerman (M.71.78)
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Admission to this exhibition is free for museum membersand included in the price of general admission for nonmembers.
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