Kundalini
1953
Morris Graves
American, born Fox Valley, Oregon, 1910; died Loleta, California, 2001
Graves has here created an icon for the body’s internal energy. Kundalini is a form of Tantric Yoga in which psychic power is said to be raised through the central nervous system of the body by way of vital forces, to unite with the “lotus” center of the skull, meaning the brain.
Ink, transparent and opaque watercolor with graphite and gold leaf on laminated Japanese papers
24 7/8 x 13 15/16 in. (63.2 x 35.4 cm)
Gift of the Marshall and Helen Hatch Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
2009.52.25
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
