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Black Moon

1990s

Toshiko Takaezu

(American, 1922–2011)
Culture
America
Medium
stoneware
Measurements
Diameter: 57.8 cm (22 3/4 in.); Overall: 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Artist 2005.191
Copyright
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Location
229C Contemporary
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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 stoneware sculpture takes a spherical form, a deep black glaze spilling across the crown and curving leftward. Its midsection displays mottled patches of tan, sage green, and earthy brown, where matte and glossy textures intermingle. Muted blue and white glazes streak vertically toward the base like melting ice. Light catches against the rounded surface, accentuating the organic patterns and the painterly movement of the flowing glaze.

Black Moon

1990s

Toshiko Takaezu

(American, 1922–2011)
America

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