Toshiko Takaezu was an American ceramic artist and painter. She was born to Japanese immigrant parents in Pepeekeo, Hawaii, in 1922. She studied at the Honolulu Museum of Art and the University of Hawaii under Claude Horan from 1948–51.
From 1951–54, Takaezu continued her studies at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where she befriended Finnish ceramist Maija Grotell, who became her mentor. In 1955, Takaezu traveled to Japan, where she studied Buddhism, visited Shoji Hamada and observed the techniques of traditional Japanese pottery, which continued to influence her work. She taught for 10 years at the Cleveland Institute of Art, and then from 1967–92, she taught at Princeton University, where she was awarded an honorary doctorate.
Takaezu retired in 1992 to become a studio artist, living and working in Quakertown, New Jersey, about 30 miles northwest of Princeton. In addition to her studio in New Jersey, Takaezu made many of her larger sculptures at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. She made functional wheel-thrown vessels early in her career. Later, she switched to abstract sculptures with freely applied poured and painted glazes.
In the early 1970s, when Takaezu didn’t have access to a kiln, she painted on canvas. Her work is part of the permanent collections at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, among many others.
Takaezu was the recipient of the Gold Medal of the American Craft Council and a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant. She lived in Hawaii for 10 years and died March 9, 2011, in Honolulu.
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Rare Closed Form by Toshiko Takaezu
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Toshiko Takaezu stoneware and glaze 6.5 x 4.5 x 4.5" date unknown signed Provenance- Private collection Perimeter Gallery, Chicago Toshiko Takaezu (June 17, 1922 – March 9, 2011) w...
Stoneware, Glaze
Closed Form by Toshiko Takaezu (INV# NP3927)
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Toshiko Takaezu Closed Form (INV# NP3927) 4.5 x 5 x 5" date unknown signed by artist Toshiko Takaezu (June 17, 1922 – March 9, 2011) was an American ceramic artist and painter. She ...
Glaze, Porcelain
Untitled (with rattle)
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Wilton, CT
glazed stoneware
Ceramic
Rare Closed Form by Toshiko Takaezu
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Morton Grove, IL
A VERY EARLY UNTITLED YELLOW CLOSED FORM (INV# NP5476)! Toshiko Takaezu porcelain and glaze 5.5 × 6 × 6” 1968 signed Toshiko Takaezu (June 17, 1922 – March 9, 2011) was an American...
Stoneware, Glaze
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Rare Untitled Pink Vase (INV# NP5098) by Toshiko Takaezu
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Untitled Pink Vase (INV# NP5098) Toshiko Takaezu white stoneware and glaze 5 x 5.75 x 5.75” date unknown signed TT
Ceramic, Glaze
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 5.5 in W 8 in D 6.5 in
Contemporary, Abstract Ceramic Sculpture, Glazed Stoneware with Patterning
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary, Abstract Ceramic Sculpture, Glazed Stoneware with Patterning José Sierra is a self-taught artist and ceramicist, born in Mérida, Venezuela in 1975. His work draws insp...
Ceramic, Stoneware, Glaze
$15,750
H 12.9 in W 24.8 in D 13.3 in
Abstract Porcelain Form, Elegant Contemporary Sculpture, Polkadot Patterning
By Harumi Nakashima
Located in St. Louis, MO
Abstract Porcelain Form, Elegant Contemporary Sculpture, Polkadot Patterning Japanese artist Harumi Nakashima creates free-form ceramic sculptures that feature organic, yet psychede...
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glaze
$22,000
H 24 in W 16.5 in D 12 in
"A Disclosing Form 1610", Abstract Ceramic Sculpture, Glazed Surface, Porcelain
By Harumi Nakashima
Located in St. Louis, MO
Japanese artist Harumi Nakashima creates free-form ceramic sculptures that feature organic, yet psychedelic characteristics. Nakashima, mostly known for beautifully structured, odd g...
Porcelain, Glaze
Shino Bowl
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Takuro Kuwata 桑田卓郎 Shino Bowl with golden and kairagi glaze Takuro Kuwata's Shino bowls are a modern, avant-garde reinterpretation of traditional Japane...
Gold
$20,000
H 5.75 in W 8.5 in D 8.5 in
TRIBAL BIRD DRAWING ON JAR (INV# NP5076) by Magdalena and Michael Frimkess
By Magdalena and Michael Frimkess
Located in Morton Grove, IL
RARE TRIBAL BIRD DRAWING ON JAR (INV# NP5076) MAGDALENA SUAREZ FRIMKESS & MICHAEL FRIMKESS stoneware and glaze 5.75 x 8.5 x 8.5” 1997 signed by artist pro...
Ceramic, Stoneware, Glaze, ABS
$458
H 14.18 in W 8.67 in D 5.52 in
Expressive High Fire Ceramic Figure with Forged Iron Hook Extravagant Series
By Óscar Aldonza Torres
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Expressive ceramic figure with iron hook and porcelain head, this high-fire ceramic sculpture explores material play and intuitive form. This expressive ceramic sculpture, part of the Extravagantes series, brings together high-fire ceramic, vanadium glaze, manganese metallic glaze, crystalline-glazed porcelain and a forged-iron hook. The work reflects Óscar Aldonza Torres...
Ceramic
$366Sale Price|20% Off
H 12.6 in W 3.55 in D 3.55 in
Baseball Cap Extravagant Series High-Fired Glazed Ceramic Figurative Sculpture
By Óscar Aldonza Torres
Located in FISTERRA, ES
“Baseball Cap Extravagant” is a high-fired stoneware sculpture from Óscar Aldonza Torres’s “The Extravagants” series, finished in pale olive and s...
Ceramic
$2,560Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 16 in D 16 in
"Yellow Mound", abstract ceramic sculpture composed of individual porcelain rods
By Bean Finneran 1
Located in St. Louis, MO
"I work with a simple elemental form, a curve made from the most basic natural material, clay. I make and build with hundreds or thousands of these forms. The clay curve connects me ...
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glaze
Totem Sculpture with cube
By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
This masterwork is currently on display at the Zimmerman Gallery in Carmel, CA Please note: The base is not included. We will guide you through a simple installation process for out...
Ceramic, Clay, Glaze
$2,080Sale Price|20% Off
H 7 in W 11 in D 11 in
Contemporary Porcelain Sculpture, Glazed Ceramic, Architectural Design, Yellow
By Peter Johnson
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary Porcelain Sculpture, Glazed Ceramic, Architectural Design, Yellow My work explores transformation using the kiln as a vehicle for deconstruction. The porcelain grid sys...
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Glaze
$550
H 7 in W 8 in D 8 in
Contemporary Wood Fired Porcelain Jar Form, Design, Sculpture, Glaze, Ceramic
By Perry Haas
Located in St. Louis, MO
Perry Haas is a ceramic artist making functional pottery and focusing on wood-firing techniques. Drawing from a love for the wood-fired ceramic surface, Perry looks to anticipate the...
Iron
$950
H 5 in W 7 in D 4.5 in
Ceramic Cloud Box - White Porcelain Box with Black and Orange Detail
By Sam Chung
Located in East Quogue, NY
This hand-built lidded vessel by ceramic artist Sam Chung exemplifies his signature fusion of functional form and stylized abstraction. The “Cloud Box” features Chung’s iconic floati...
Porcelain, Glaze
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H 2 in W 7.5 in D 3.75 in
Untitled Two Handled Cup (INV# NP5104) by Toshiko Takaezu
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Rare Untitled Two Handled Cup (INV# NP5104) Toshiko Takaezu porcelain and glaze 2 x 7.5 x 3.75” date unknown signed TT
Porcelain, Glaze
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H 7.25 in W 5 in D 5 in
Untitled Black Closed Form (INV# NP5096) by Toshiko Takaezu
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Untitled Black Closed Form (INV# NP5096) Toshiko Takaezu porcelain and glaze 7.25 x 5 x 5” date unknown signed TT
Porcelain, Glaze
Untitled Vessel
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Wilton, CT
glazed stoneware vessel
Ceramic
Untitled Vessel
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Wilton, CT
glazed porcelain vessel
Ceramic
Untitled Vessel
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Wilton, CT
glazed stoneware vessel
Ceramic
Untitled Vessel
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Wilton, CT
dark glazed porcelain vessel
Ceramic
Untitled Vessel
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Wilton, CT
glazed porcelain vessel
Ceramic
Untitled Vessel
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Wilton, CT
glazed porcelain vessel
Ceramic
Large Closed Form by Toshiko Takaezu (INV# NP5031)
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Toshiko Takaezu Large Closed Form (INV# NP5031) 10.75 x 8.5 x 8.5" 1980 signed by artist Toshiko Takaezu (June 17, 1922 – March 9, 2011) was an American ceramic artist and painter. ...
Stoneware, Glaze
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H 17 in Dm 10 in
Vintage Untitled Form with Rattles by Toshiko Takaezu (INV# NP3642)
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Untitled Form with Rattles (INV# NP3642) Toshiko Takaezu stoneware and glaze 17 x 10 x 10" circa 1968 signed
Stoneware, Glaze
Closed Form with Rattles by Toshiko Takaezu
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Toshiko Takaezu woodfired stoneware 8 x 5.5 x 5.5” date unknown signed BIO- Toshiko Takaezu (June 17, 1922 – March 9, 2011) was an American ceramic artist and painter. She was born ...
Stoneware, Glaze
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H 4 in W 4 in D 4 in
Closed Form with Rattle by Toshiko Takaezu (INV# NP3160)
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Toshiko Takaezu Closed Form with Rattle porcelain, glaze 4 x 4 x 4" 1982 Toshiko Takaezu (June 17, 1922 – March 9, 2011) was an American ceramic artist an...
Porcelain, Glaze