Limited Edition Calligraphy by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

 To benefit Blue Valley Foundation projects in Golok, Eastern Tibet, Vajra Gallery is pleased to announce an exclusive offering:  A rare opportunity to purchase a limited edition, hand-pulled silkscreen calligraphy by Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.  This calligraphy, entitled "Elegance Subjugating Aggression", is one of four comprising Trungpa Rinpoche's "Elegance" series - originally designed for the groundbreaking "Dharma Arts Seminars" given in Los Angeles in the mid 1970's.  These first editions were limited to 100 pieces each, and have not been subsequently reprinted or reissued.  Screened on high quality, heavyweight rag paper with two deckled edges, and having a sheet size of 22 X 30 inches, each print has a penciled edition number lower-left (this one being #44/100); and has been sealed in red ink, to the right of Rinpoche's calligraphed signature, with the Vidyadhara's small Scorpion Seal.  One of the four prints in this series has sold out, but we still have a small number of this one, "Elegance Subjugating Aggression", as well as a few each of the other two remaining works, "Elegance Overcomes Aggression" and "Elegance is Free from Laziness".  As anyone who has searched for his artwork knows, pieces by Trungpa Rinpoche are almost nonexistent in the marketplace.  Aside from one or two small sized, un-signed, un-sealed, un-numbered, large open editions sold by Shambhala International; or the few select pieces still available through the Paul Hannon Collection, there is nothing to be found - anywhere, at any price.  Vajra Gallery is the only place you will find these calligraphies by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche offered to the public. Proceeds from the sale of these special pieces will go directly where it is needed most:
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Condition of this print is very good with minor evidence of handling in the margins that could be easily matted out.  Will be shipped rolled in a tube.

For more information about the calligraphy of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, including many examples of his work and an essay on the origins and significance of his various seals, please see his book, "The Art of Calligraphy - Joining Heaven and Earth".

Check out my other items for listings of the other two calligraphy prints we have available.