The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Matte black, ceramic sculpture with a gently curving narrow body and three undulating curves as support. Smooth on top, the sculpture tents up and breaks into a jagged-edged opening, contrasting with the rounded and organic form of the rest of the sculpture. Light catches on streaks running vertically down the sculpture.

Ceramic Sculpture

late 1900s

Takiguchi Kazuo

(Japanese, b. 1953)
Japan, Heisei period (1989–2019)
stoneware
Overall: 53 cm (20 7/8 in.)
Gift of T. Dixon Long 1997.153
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

After dropping out of university twice and studying with a variety of eminent ceramists, Takiguchi Kazuo eventually graduated from the Royal College of Arts, London, in 1992.
  • ?–1997
    T. Dixon Long [1933–2022], San Francisco Bay area, CA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1997–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Contemporary Calligraphy and Clay. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7, 2024-June 15, 2025).
    Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 2003–March 11, 2004).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1997.153