Contortionist Woman - Direct Carving Wood 78cm By Yokohama 1940-2023 #733

Born into a family of temple sculptors. Graduated from the Department of Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Tokyo. In 1965, he received a scholarship to study in Paris. He was a student of René Collamarini (1904-1983) at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris between 1965 and 1970. 1965, Musée art moderne de Paris, group exhibition. - 1967, Salon jeune sculpture - Salon des indépendants - various galleries in France. 1970, he returned to Japan and set up his studio in a former gymnasium in order to be able to produce large-scale works. Participated in international sculpture symposiums in Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, France, Romania, etc. Numerous monuments. Member of the Nitten (Academy of Fine Arts). Takaoka Art Museum - Akone Museum... The curves of his little women evoked the undulations of the Tateyama (sacred mountain). It is a Shinto aspect, which sees a soul in natural elements. He wanted his statuettes to evoke primitive relics. Rounded, childlike and powerful, like Buddha. - He was also inspired by Roman art: The material creates the form. With its original presentation box, signed (one small side glued back on). Weight approximately 4.5 kg