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Modernist White Stone Cat Sculpture by Japanese Artist Masatoyo Kishi Kuki
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Modernist white stone cat sculpture by Japanese artist Masatoyo Kishi, circa 1970s. The impressive hand carved sculpture by the listed artist and sculptor who goes by the name "Kuki", is in very good vintage condition with no cracks or chips and measures 11"W x 6"D x 14.5"H. It is signed and numbered (3 / 100) on the underside. Super cool and very hard to find sculpture! #4550RM
Masatoyo Kishi "Kuki" (1924-2017)
Painter, printmaker, and sculptor Masatoyo Kishi - best known for mixing elements of traditional Japanese culture with Western abstraction - was born in Sakai, Japan, on March 11, 1924. He graduated with degrees in physics and mathematics from the Tokyo University of Science in 1953.
"As a Japanese artist in the 1950s in Tokyo, I didn't go to art school," said Kishi. "Japanese artists studied literature, economics, science; then you explored art." After graduating, he pursued a short career as a mathematics teacher before he began exhibiting with Tekkei Kai, a group of abstract painters associated with the Kyoto Museum of Art.
From the late 1950s to the 1960s, he created his Opus paintings, which feature softly dripped pigments and sweeping brushwork. Using large brushes, Kishi painted his works by laying canvases horizontally and using wooden sticks to drip paint onto them.
"The paintbrush is a difficult extension for me," Kishi explained. "What develops from this method is an orderly conversation between me and the canvas. I respond to each change taking place.” In 1960, Kishi moved from Japan to San Francisco, where he lived until 1988. exhibited throughout the Bay Area and the U.S. and taught at Holy Names College in Oakland and the Dominican College in San Rafael.
Beginning in the 1970s Kishi's focus switched to sculpture, and by the mid '70s he was working almost exclusively in the three dimensional medium. In 1998, he relocated to Grass Valley, California, where he lived and worked until his death in 2017.
- Creator:Masatoyo Kishi (Sculptor)
- Dimensions:Height: 14.5 in (36.83 cm)Width: 11 in (27.94 cm)Depth: 6 in (15.24 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:1970s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:San Diego, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: #4550RM1stDibs: LU936645979912
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