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An absolutely gorgeous and wonderful chawan tea bowl / yunomi cup by famed Japanese American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu. The work features a rich, matte black tenmoku glaze with splashes of brushed colors. It is a unique and one-of-a-kind work with a very Wabi-sabi feel to it.
The piece is signed on the base with her traditional "TT" mark / monogram.
Would be a great addition to any collectors of her or other Mid-Century Modern pottery makers or an eye-catching stand-alone work in about any setting. Gorgeous and special overall.
Takaezu was designated a living treasure in Hawaii in 1987.
Her work can be found in numerous collections and museums worldwide including:
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Currier Museum of Art , Manchester, New Hampshire
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, New Jersey
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia,
Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii
Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
University Art Museum, Albany, New York
University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hawaii
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH
Her various awards include:
1952: McInerny Foundation grant
1964: Tiffany Foundation grant
1980: National Endowment for the Arts fellowship
1983: Dickinson College Arts Award
1987: Living Treasure Award (Honolulu, HI)
Dimensions: 2.1" high, 3.25" diameter.
- Creator:Toshiko Takaezu (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 2.1 in (5.34 cm)Diameter: 3.25 in (8.26 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
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- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1960s-1970s
- Condition:In very good to excellent vintage condition with no discernable flaws, cracks, chips, etc.. (please see photos). Special and unique overall.
- Seller Location:Studio City, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2254332632722
Toshiko Takaezu
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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