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Wooden figure of standing nude woman, Japan, Showa era browse these categories for related items... Directory: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Sculpture: Pre 1970: item # 935635 Please refer to our stock # 10586 when inquiring.
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Elegant wooden sculpture of a nude woman, standing in a pensive pose, one knee slightly bent, her chin resting in her right hand. The wood is sculpted in a slightly faceted manner, giving the piece an almost abstract feel. Soft wood with green, yellow and oil based paint. Piece let into a square wooden base. Exhibition label at the base. Titel: Fumiko. Name of participant: Sakaba Yasuo. Address in the Tokyo Arakawa-ward, Nishi-Ogu. The venue: Sokei exhibition, which is the Art Academy in Tokyo. Japan, second half 20th century, prob. 1960s. Height ca. 18.6 inches (46.5 cm) Few material cracks that were there right from creation. Today, in Tokyo in Arakawa ward along the river Sumida, in Higashi-Ogu, there still is a Sakaba family member who carves wooden Buddhist sculptures. |
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