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Black Hole

A work made of glazed stoneware.

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  • A work made of glazed stoneware.

Date:

2000

Artist:

Toshiko Takaezu (American, 1922–2011)

About this artwork

Toshiko Takaezu revolutionized the world of clay with the abstract shapes and painterly glazes of her ceramic forms. She came to her signature closed vessels in the late 1950s, continuing to push their scale to new heights over the course of her long career. Takaezu related her simplified sculptures and expressive glazes to her engagement with Zen Buddhism and Japanese art and culture; for her, the form and decoration were intuitive and she embraced what she called “the unknown, the intangibles” in her work.

Status

On View, Gallery 262

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Toshiko Takaezu

Title

Black Hole

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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2000

Medium

Glazed stoneware

Inscriptions

Signed bottom edge, incised: [artist insignia] (in script).

Dimensions

33 × 26.7 cm (13 × 10 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Toshiko Takaezu

Reference Number

2006.246

Extended information about this artwork

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