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Enclosed Form

Toshiko Takaezu, Enclosed Form, 1980; ceramic

Wheelthrown white clay vessel form with small hole at apex.

Gift of MaryAnne Normandin.

Name	Toshiko Takaezu
Born	January 1, 1922
Role	artist, ceramist, potter
Culture	Japanese-American
Education	1948–51 Honolulu School of Art, HI 1951–54 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Notes or Bio	professional experience: 1952–53 Teacher, Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI 1954–56 Teacher, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI 1954–55 Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison 1955–64 Head of Ceramic Department, Cleveland Institute of Art, OH 1958–59 Professor, Honolulu Academy of Arts, HI 1967–92 Professor, Princeton University, NJ

Credits: Photo by Hannah Finegold