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White Form

c. 1990–95

Toshiko Takaezu

(American, 1922–2011)
Culture
America
Medium
ceramic
Measurements
Overall: 85 x 40 cm (33 7/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Paul Miller 2010.236
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
228A Cleveland Artists
Print
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Did You Know?

Before closing the form, leaving no opening, the artist dropped a bead of clay wrapped in paper inside, so that the pieces would rattle when moved.

Description

Shortly after studying in Japan, and while teaching at the Cleveland Institute of Art in the 1950s, Takaezu launched her signature series of closed vessels applied with painterly glazes. Constituting her primary output for nearly a half century, these works reveal her combined interests in Western and Eastern philosophies and aesthetics.
A tall, off-white ceramic vessel rounds at the base and domed top, crowned by a small protrusion. Horizontal ridges rib the pitted, cratered surface. On the left, splashes of olive green and muted yellow swirl across the texture. To the right, a broad, dark brown streak plunges vertically from the shoulder. Tiny black specks pepper the upper glaze, contrasting the vessel's pale, earthy body.

White Form

c. 1990–95

Toshiko Takaezu

(American, 1922–2011)
America

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