Jeff Olson
Director
Important works of art from an American private collection
Lot 803
IMADA YŌKO (1971-)
Purity
Heisei era (1989-2019), 2016
Heisei era (1989-2019), 2016
22 March 2023, 10:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$2,550 inc. premium
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Junior Specialist
IMADA YŌKO (1971-)
Purity
Heisei era (1989-2019), 2016
The thinly potted, wheel-thrown, shaved, and carved body painted with lively strokes of gosu (cobalt blue) over a transparent white glaze, the base with an incised artist's mark
Wood tomobako storage box inscribed Sei (Purity) and signed and sealed Yōko
7 5/8 x 13 1/2in (19.3 x 34.3cm)
Heisei era (1989-2019), 2016
The thinly potted, wheel-thrown, shaved, and carved body painted with lively strokes of gosu (cobalt blue) over a transparent white glaze, the base with an incised artist's mark
Wood tomobako storage box inscribed Sei (Purity) and signed and sealed Yōko
7 5/8 x 13 1/2in (19.3 x 34.3cm)
Footnotes
Trained in both Japan and England, Imada Yōko's teachers included the maverick ceramic artist Koie Ryōji from whom she clearly absorbed something of his flamboyant style of painted decoration. In a reversal of traditional practice, she brushes cobalt over a surface that has already been covered in a white transparent glaze, then fires the piece in a gas kiln.