Toshiko Takaezu
Born in Pepe‘ekeo, Hawai‘i, 1922–2011
Based in Honolulu
“An artist is a poet in his or her own medium.
And when an artist produces a good piece, that work has mystery, an unsaid quality; it is alive.”
—Toshiko Takaezu
Toshiko Takaezu
Closed Form, ca. 1980s
Glazed porcelain
18 × 8 × 7 in. (45.7 × 20.3 × 17.8 cm)
Untitled Closed Form, ca. 1979
Glazed stoneware
30 × 15 × 15 in. (76.2 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm)
Tree, ca. 1980
Glazed stoneware
66 × 13 × 13 in. (167.6 × 33 × 33 cm)
Anagama Hearts, 1992
Anagama-fired and glazed porcelain
16 × 9 × 9 in. (40.6 × 22.9 × 22.9 cm)
Untitled Moon, ca. 1990
Glazed stoneware
20 × 21 × 21 in. (50.8 × 53.3 × 53.3 cm)
Closed Form, ca. 1960
Glazed stoneware
8 × 6 1/2 × 5 in. (20.3 × 16.5 × 12.7 cm)
Closed Form with Rattle, ca. 1998
Glazed porcelain
5 × 5 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (12.7 × 13.3 × 13.3 cm)
© The Family of Toshiko Takaezu
Photo by Ian Reeves
Upcoming Exhibition
Toshiko Takaezu
Opens March 20, 2024
The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York
