Untitled #831 (Monks III)

Petah Coyne

born 1953

Untitled #831 (Monks III), 1992

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: gelatin silver print

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 50.8 x 76.3 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 50.8 x 76.3 cm
Mount Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 54 x 79.4 cm
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 30 x 36 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Helen Foresman Spencer Art Acquisition Fund

Accession number: 2005.0004

Not on display

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Exhibition Label: "Time/Frame," Jun-2008, Robert Fucci, Shuyun Ho, Lauren Kernes, Lara Kuykendall, Ellen C. Raimond, and Stephanie Teasley Late fall in the mountains of Koyasan, Japan, Petah Coyne encountered a group Buddhist monks as they suddenly emerged from a nearby forest. Engaged in afternoon prayer, the monks shuffled slowly across the ground in formation, moving from one spot to another, always praying. Using a long exposure time, Coyne conveys something of the quiet energy uniting and binding them together in their communal act of shared meditation.