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Yabe Hirosuke

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Untitled 243
By Hirosuke Yabe
Located in New York, NY
Based in Kanagawa Japan, Hirosuke Yabe creates wooden sculptures using a Nata, a Japanese hatchet
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Untitled 243
Untitled 243
H 25.5 in W 18 in D 10 in
Untitled 173
By Hirosuke Yabe
Located in New York, NY
Based in Kanagawa Japan, Hirosuke Yabe creates wooden sculptures using a nata, a Japanese hatchet
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Untitled 173
Untitled 173
H 3.5 in W 13.75 in D 3.5 in
Untitled
By Hirosuke Yabe
Located in New York, NY
Hirosuke Yabe (b. 1972) is a sculptor based in Kanagawa, Japan. All artworks are hand carved and
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Untitled
Untitled
H 9 in W 1 in D 1 in
Untitled
By Hirosuke Yabe
Located in New York, NY
Hirosuke Yabe (b. 1972) is a sculptor based in Kanagawa, Japan. All artworks are hand carved and
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Untitled
Untitled
H 13 in W 5 in D 3.5 in
Untitled
By Hirosuke Yabe
Located in New York, NY
Hirosuke Yabe (b. 1972) is a sculptor based in Kanagawa, Japan. All artworks are hand carved and
Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Untitled
Untitled
H 7 in W 1 in D 1 in
Untitled
By Hirosuke Yabe
Located in New York, NY
Hirosuke Yabe (b. 1972) is a sculptor based in Kanagawa, Japan. All artworks are hand carved and
Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Untitled
Untitled
H 9 in W 1 in D 1 in
Untitled
By Hirosuke Yabe
Located in New York, NY
Hirosuke Yabe (b. 1972) is a sculptor based in Kanagawa, Japan. All artworks are hand carved and
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Untitled
Untitled
H 7 in W 5 in D 4 in
Untitled 156
By Hirosuke Yabe
Located in New York, NY
Based in Kanagawa Japan, Hirosuke Yabe creates wooden sculptures using a nata, a Japanese hatchet
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Untitled 156
Untitled 156
H 1.5 in W 2.25 in D 5.25 in
Untitled 160
By Hirosuke Yabe
Located in New York, NY
Based in Kanagawa Japan, Hirosuke Yabe creates wooden sculptures using a nata, a Japanese hatchet
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Untitled 160
Untitled 160
H 3 in W 6.25 in D 7.5 in
Untitled 244
By Hirosuke Yabe
Located in New York, NY
Based in Kanagawa Japan, Hirosuke Yabe creates wooden sculptures using a Nata, a Japanese hatchet
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Untitled 244
Untitled 244
H 23 in W 11 in D 17 in
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