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Esther Shimazu Signed Japanese Hawaiian American Female Sculpture
$5,600
£4,300.26
€4,933.08
CA$7,868.66
A$8,812.40
CHF 4,598.17
MX$107,639.67
NOK 58,502.05
SEK 55,145.19
DKK 36,814.95
About the Item
Esther Shimazu's bald female sculpture. She uses hand-built techniques to construct clay figures using colored slips, oxides when firing, then hand sands them and rubs in pigments to create a sense of volume and lifelike color.
Shimazu’s art is influenced by her interest in nature, history, and family. In creating her distinctively charming stoneware pieces, she draws heavily from her experience as an Asian-American living in Hawaii. She is best known for her stoneware sculptures of bald, nude, chunky Asian women constructed with hand-building techniques. Her figures are created without complex details in order to accentuate their ceramic origins.
Despite the heft of Shimazu’s creations, their joy and technical perfection are like the miniature Japanese netsuke figurines in their delicacy, precision and ability to delight as they tell their tale. Along with the glazing of the tiny fingernails, the fine detail of the teeth in her figures’ characteristic smiles is a perfect touch.
- Creator:Esther Shimazu (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 13.5 in (34.29 cm)Width: 29 in (73.66 cm)Depth: 9.75 in (24.77 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:1997
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Houston, TX
- Reference Number:Seller: Moxie Interiors SKU: BKUP-24321stDibs: LU1076639994932
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