Toshiko Takaezu
Zeus

Zeus

© Mirian Takaezu

Zeus
Zeus
ArtistAmerican, 1922–2011
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Zeus
Datec. 1995
PlaceUnited States
MediumStoneware
DimensionsOverall: 66 1/2 × 24 3/4 in. (168.9 × 62.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2010.2147
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance[Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, May 4, 2005]; Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History"Beyond Craft: Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 23–May 26, 2014; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, September 6, 2014–February 22, 2015; Canton Museum of Art, Ohio, August 27–October 25, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Artist's mark/signature inscribed in clay two times--once by each hole on either side, just above base:

Side 1: TT / 5 [with one "T" inverted, the result looking like the roman numeral for 2, see images]

Side 2: TT [??, hard to decipher, see images]



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