Education & Labor

Artist Akio Takamori (Japanese, 1950 - 2017)

Date1997

MediumWhite stoneware

Dimensions.1 (larger figure): 30 3/4 × 10 × 9 3/4 inches (78.11 × 25.4 × 24.77 cm)
.2 (smaller figure): 24 3/4 × 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (62.87 × 24.13 × 19.05 cm)

Credit LineGift of Peter and Barbara Gattermeir

Object number2016.77.1.1,2

On View

Not on view

Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionThis piece consists of two ceramic figures titled Education and Labor.

Education (.2): A hollow stoneware sculpture with black underglaze of a young girl who appears to be dressed in a school uniform. She wears a solid button up blouse, a striped skirt with laced shoes, and knee-high socks. She has pigtails and her head is facing down. Her right hand is in her skirt pocket and her left hand carries a lunch pail.

Labor (.1): A hollow stoneware sculpture with black underglaze of a woman. She is wearing a striped shirt, patterned pants (with elongated hexagons) and jikatabi boots. She has a floral pattered head wrap covering part of her ears. She carries a backpack on her back and holds it with both hands upright near her shoulders.
Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Recent Gifts of Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, July 30 2022–January 21 2024, no cat.

Provenance

Purchased from Cohen Berkowitz Gallery by Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Barbara Gattermeir, Kansas City, MO, 1997;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.

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