ID 1442723
Lot 154 | TOSHIKO TAKAEZU (1922-2011)
Estimate value
$ 4 000 – 6 000
'Makaha Blue Closed Form', circa 1970
glazed porcelain
4 ¾ in. (12 cm) high, 6 in. (15.2 cm) diameter
incised with artist's monogram TT
Provenance
Private Collection, acquired directly from the artist, circa 1970
Farnsworth, Oakland, California, 23 September 2023, lot 100
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Toshiko Takaezu: Four Decades, exh. cat., The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, 1989, p. 29 (for related examples)
Toshiko Takaezu: An Essential Balance, exh. cat., Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, 2000, pp. 6-7 and 14 (for related examples)
J. Stanley Yake, Toshiko Takaezu: The Earth in Bloom, New York, 2005, pp. 15, 23, 53, 99, 94, 119, 120, 132, 140-142 (for related examples)
P. Held, ed., The Art of Toshiko Takaezu: In the Language of Silence, Chapel Hill, 2010, p. 64 (for related examples)
G. Adamson, D. Hart, and K. Wiener, Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within, exh. cat., The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York, 2024, pp. 68, 202 (for related examples)
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Sculptures |
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Sculptures |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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