The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 5, 2024

Double-Spouted Vase

Double-Spouted Vase

late 1950s
(American, 1922–2011)
America, 20th century
ceramic
Overall: 31.8 x 20.5 x 16 cm (12 1/2 x 8 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Gift of Kathy Miller Gaphardt and Laura Miller Gruen in honor of Frederick and Mary Miller and John Paul Miller 2013.36
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This double-spouted vase was intended to be a decorative sculpture rather than a functional object.

Description

Toshiko Takaezu reformed the concept of a vessel by minimizing its functionality in her work. Here, the openings of the vase's two spouts are so reduced as to be unusable, becoming a ceramic sculpture rather than utilitarian container.
  • Given to John Paul Miller by the artist, Toshiko Takaezu
    Inherited by Kathy Gaphardt and Laura Gruen from the John Paul Miller estate, 3/2013
  • Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within. The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, Long Island City, NY (organizer) (March 20-July 28, 2024) https://www.noguchi.org/museum/exhibitions/view/toshiko-takaezu/; Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI (September 7, 2024-January 12, 2025); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (February 23-May 18, 2025); Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI (September 8-December 23, 2025); Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI (March 1-June 1, 2026).
    Included in the permanent collection installation within the contemporary galleries: "Toshiko Takaezu: Form without Function"
  • {{cite web|title=Double-Spouted Vase|url=false|author=Toshiko Takaezu|year=late 1950s|access-date=05 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2013.36