Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Tall Closed Form
“The clay is alive and responsive to every touch and feeling. When I make it into a form, it is still alive, and even when it is dry, it is still breathing! . . . The whole process is an interplay between the clay and myself, and often the clay has much to say.” —Toshiko Takaezu
ArtistToshiko Takaezu, 1922–2011
Date1970s
MediumStoneware
Dimensions24 1/4 x 12 in. (61.6 x 30.5 cm)
Signedinscribed on bottom of vessel: [artist's initials]
inscribed at bottom rim: [artist's initials]
Mark(s)bottom of vessel, label: 2241
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Purchased with the Fund for Craft, 2022.1
ClassificationCeramics
Provenance(Japanese Cultural Center, Honolulu, HI); purchased by Private Collection, CA; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2022
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 40× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.