Bill Viola: Madhumalati

Bill Viola released this rare limited edition lithographic print of a drawing from 2006, featuring text from the 16th century Sufi romance, Madhumalati to accompany his YSP exhibition in 2015.

This is the first ever lithograph that Viola has produced featuring a drawing. Written by the Indian Sufi mystic Mir Sayyid Manjhan Shattari Rajgiri, Madhumalati tells the love story of prince Manohar and princess Madhumalati who must suffer separation and self-transformation before coming together in true happiness. The Hindavi Suvi romances suggest awakening love between a transcendent god-head and the human world in a journey of self-transformation and the balancing of the physical and metaphysical world.

Printed by Pauper’s Press on Somerset Satin White 300gsm paper and signed and numbered by the artist, this edition of just 250 prints is a unique opportunity to own a work by one the world’s most eminent contemporary artists. All profits from sales support YSP’s work and we are grateful to the artist and his studio for their generosity.

- Edition of 250
- Date: 2015
- Signed and numbered by the artist
- Paper type: Somerset Satin White 300gsm
- Print size: 28 x 21.5cm
- Paper size: 28 x 21.5cm
- Medium: Lithograph print