HASUDA SHUGORO (1915-2010)

HASUDA SHUGORO (1915-2010)
SHOWA/HEISEI, 20TH CENTURY

A Japanese nickel vase, the tall square-section body with an elongated neck and a small triangular handle; the sides embellished with five horizontal lines, the base signed Shugoro, 24.3cm; with an inscribed tomobako wood box. (2)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

Provenance: a British private collection.

See Christie's New York, 22nd September 2005, lot 249, for a related patinated vase by Hasuda Shugoro.

Hasuda Shugoro is considered one of the leading Japanese modernist artists working in bronze during the Post-War Period. After graduating from Tokyo School of Art in 1938, he participated in founding the Creative Crafts Association (1952), the Japan Modern Craftsmen's Association (1961) and the Japan Metal Sculpture Institute (1976). His first award was at the 5th Nitten in 1949, and he later received the Hokuto Award (1953) amongst many further prizes. In 1987, he was designated a person of Cultural Merits, and he was later decorated with the Order of Cultural Merit in 1991.