Small Nude - Bronze By Takashi Sugimura 1922-2004 #673

Bronze nude with brown patina. Signed on the buttock - circa 1970 - on an elevated plinth. Originally from Nara, where he spent his career. Graduated from the Sculpture Department of the Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts. In 1944, he was noticed at the 6th Ministry of Education Art Exhibition. In 1945, he exhibited at the Bunsen (Fine Arts Salon) - Nara Prefectural Cultural Prize in 1960. Judge and advisor to the Nitten (Academy of Fine Arts) since 1961 - Produced gouaches and bronze subjects for Nara pilgrimages. Several monuments and outdoor sculptures in Nara - Kyoto Botanical Museum. Work preserved at the Kyoto Museum of Fine Arts. Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University of Education. In 1998, he received the ribbon of the Order of the Rising Sun. An illustrated note on the artist and a certificate will be given to the purchaser.