Curriculum Collection W24 Modey ALA 270 - Interfaith Identities - short list

Image comprised of three figures with the central figure interwoven between a Buddhist statue and a Christ-like figure in a red robe. The material of the work is cut into strips and is woven together.
Dinh Q. Lê
Interconfined
1994
chromogenic print, linen tape
Museum purchase made possible by the University of Michigan Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the Director's Acquisition Committee, 2018
2018/2.89
Do-Ho Suh
Untitled Vessel, The Peter Norton Family Christmas Project 2004
2004
hand blown glass
Gift of The Peter Norton Family Foundation
2004/1.345
A man in the center with geometric shapes around, other figures with different facial expressions.
Zoltan L. Sepeshy
Invariables
1947
tempera | board
Given in memory of the artist's parents
1950/1.206
The side-profile of a dark face looking at a hand. The hand is holding up its three middle fingers with the thumb bent down over the pinky finger. 
Saitō Kiyoshi
Jiai Buddha
1975
woodblock | paper
Gift of Dr. Seymour and Barbara K. Adelson
2021/1.119
Khaled al-Saa'i
Resurrection (triptych)
2002
natural ink, tempera and gouache | paper
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
2003/1.367A-C
This title sheet from Pechstein's "The Lord's Prayer" portfolio has the title of the series in large letters and an attribution to Pechstein at the bottom. Beneath the word "Vater," a man leans over a table, his hands folded in prayer. Two other praying men in profile bracket the word "Unser" near the bottom. All three wear plain, long-sleeved blue shirts.
Max Pechstein
The Lord's Prayer, sheet 1 (Das Vaterunser)
1921
woodcut with hand-coloring | paper
Museum Purchase
1948/1.423
A large central figure represents God towers seen in the radiating rays of light and clouds that surround him.. On the forehead of his blocky, totemic head is a third eye. His left arm crosses over his middle and holds fire. His right hand extends down to the lower right corner as reaching down. The words "Vater Unser" are at the very top; "Der Du Bist" across God's waistline; "im Himmel" along the bottom.
Max Pechstein
The Lord's Prayer, sheet 2 - Our Father Who Art in Heaven (Das Vaterunser - Vater Unser Der Du bist im Himmel)
1921
woodcut with hand-coloring | paper
Museum Purchase
1948/1.424
A group of seven men kneel and pray around a radiant figure representing God. God is in the viewer's upper left, and the supplicants are arranged around him. Hands project into the scene from behind God, suggesting additional figures kneeling in prayer behind.
Max Pechstein
The Lord's Prayer, sheet 6 - And Forgive Us Our Sins (Das Vaterunser - Und vergieb uns unsre Schuld)
1921
woodcut with hand-coloring | paper
Museum Purchase
1948/1.428
One forearm extends from the upper left side and ends to the right of center in a hand with palm down. Another arm extends from the lower right and ends in the lower left in a hand with palm up. Between the hands is the word "Amen!" in large letters.
Max Pechstein
The Lord's Prayer, sheet 12 - For Ever and Ever. Amen! (Das Vaterunser - von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit. Amen!)
1921
woodcut with hand-coloring | paper
Museum Purchase
1948/1.434
Three dark female figures are suspended in purgatory, with clasped hands in front of a triangular shaft of light that projects down from the top.
Max Pechstein
, sheet 3 - Hallowed Be Thy Name (Das Vaterunser - Geheiligt werde Dein Name)
1921
woodcut with hand-coloring | paper
Museum Purchase
1948/1.425
At viewer's left, two reclining figures lie side-by-side in a bed, covered by a sheet up to their chins. At the foot of the bed at the viewer's right, a man sits with his eyes closed and his hands on his head. To the viewer's left, in the foreground , a woman sits, crying, wiping her eyes with the back of her left hand.
Max Pechstein
The Lord's Prayer, sheet 9 - But Deliver Us from Evil (Das Vaterunser - Sondern erlöse uns von dem Übel)
1921
woodcut with hand-coloring | paper
Museum Purchase
1948/1.431
A man, a woman, and a child facing the viewer with their hands folded in prayer. The man and woman sit on a mattress and look to heaven. The child stands in front of them with his head bowed. Next to the child is a diminutive cow. In the background behind the family are images of fish and birds.
Max Pechstein
The Lord's Prayer, sheet 10 - For Thine Is the Kingdom (Das Vaterunser - Denn Dein ist das Reich)
1921
woodcut with hand-coloring | paper
Museum Purchase
1948/1.432

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Interconfined (2018/2.89)
Invariables (1950/1.206)
Jiai Buddha (2021/1.119)

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