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Toshiko Takaezu Sculptures

American, 1929-2011

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 continue 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. She 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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Artist: Toshiko Takaezu
Closed Form with rattle by Toshiko Takaezu (INV #NP5062)
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Toshiko Takaezu Closed For with Rattle porcelain and glaze signed on bottom date unknown BIO- Toshiko Takaezu (June 17, 1922 – March 9, 2011) was an American ceramic artist and pai...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Toshiko Takaezu Sculptures

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Small White Closed Form bt Toshiko Takaezu (INV# NP5038)
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Toshiko Takaezu Small White Closed Form (INV# NP5038) porcelain and glaze 5 x 6.25 x 5.5" date unknown signed Toshiko Takaezu (June 17, 1922 – March 9, 2011) was an American cerami...
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1970s Contemporary Toshiko Takaezu Sculptures

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Porcelain, Glaze

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. ...
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1980s Contemporary Toshiko Takaezu Sculptures

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Stoneware, Glaze

Closed Form by Toshiko Takaezu (INV# NP3927)
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Toshiko Takaezu Closed Form (INV# NP3927) 4.5 x 5 x 5" date unknown signed by artist provenance - The Nevica Project Toshiko Takaezu (June 17, 1922 – March 9, 2011) was an American ...
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