Embrace

Artist Momoko Takeshita Keane (Japanese)

Date2017

Dimensions15 1/2 × 11 1/4 × 12 1/2 in. (39.4 × 28.6 × 31.8 cm)

Mediumcoil-built stoneware, wood fired

ClassificationCeramics

Credit LineAnonymous Donation in Honor of Adam Levine, Director of the Toledo Museum of Art

Object number

2025.30

Not on View

DescriptionAsymmetrical oval-shaped sculpture with a curved-in opening at the center. The surface is textured in ridged lines all across the surface, with reddened circles across the top of the surface. The work is unglazed

Published ReferencesMomoko Takeshita Keane: Ceramic Artist, https://www.momo-clay.com/ Galerie Mingei Japanese Arts, Paris, "Momoko Takeshita", https://www.mingei-arts-gallery.com/artists/momoko-takeshitaComparative Referencesc.f. Genji Kyoto, “‘Embrace’ – Ceramic Art of Momoko Takeshita Keane,” accessed January 16, 2025, https://genjikyoto.com/en/blog/embrace-ceramic-art-of-momoko-takeshita-keane c.f. PBS, “Momoko Takeshita Keane,” Art and Culture Shorts, last modified May 11, 2014, (2:26), https://www.pbs.org/video/arts-and-culture-shorts-momoko-takeshita-keane/