Ceramic Sculpture / Yagi Kazuo

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Accession Number
1963/2.73
Title
Ceramic Sculpture
Artist
Yagi Kazuo
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Artist Life Dates
1918 - 1979
Medium and Support
stoneware
Object Creation Date
circa 1958
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
Japan (nation)
Kinki (region)
Kyoto (urban prefecture)
Kyoto (inhabited place)
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Creation Place 3
Kinki (region)
Creation Place 4
Kyoto (urban prefecture)
Creation Place 5
Kyoto (inhabited place)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Dimensions
19 cm x 81.5 cm x 6.5 cm (7 1/2 in. x 32 1/16 in. x 2 9/16 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Ceramic
Primary Object Type
abstract sculpture
Physical Description
It is a long, rectangular unglazed ceramic piece, intended to be shown in horizontal position. Two thick slabs are connected with bridges inside. The front part has almost flat surface; there is a deep cut on the left side, in which mass of worm-like inner surface can be seen. The same surface is revealed in the middle, as well as on the right edge. The top of the slab has a several shallow holes and one deep cut, inside of which has worm-like surface, as explained above. There is also a dent on the top and on the right, from which worm-like mass seems to be coming out. Reddish shadows cast on left side, in the middle, and the right. There is a patch of clay on left side near the left cut. The bottom is flat.
Subject Matter
This is an abstract, ceramic sculpture, not for practical use.
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Record
1963/2.73
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"Ceramic Sculpture; Yagi Kazuo." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1963-sl-2.73/1963_2.73.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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