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3488 YASUOHAYASHI(Kyoto 1928 - lives and works in Japan)
Untitled.
Ceramic.
Signed on the undersides: yasuo and yasu.
12.5 x 12.5 x 9 cm and 13.5 x 12 x 6.5 cm.
Provenance: Former Galerie Maya Behn,
Zurich.
Born in 1928 in Kyoto, Yahuo Hayashi
was the first Japanese artist to dedicate
himself to ceramics and at the same time
to abstraction. In his substantial body of
work spanning over 6 decades, the traditi-
on of Japanese ceramics plays a large role,
and yet Hayashi finds a new vocabulary,
in order to bring the ceramic works to
the avant-garde. Thereby he has inspired
generations of Japanese artists.
In the first instance he studied painting
at Kyoto Arts College, and then, after his
military service, studied in his father’s
ceramics workshop. In 1947 he was the
co-founder of Shikokai, an association of
ceramic artists. In 1957 he left the group in
order to be more independent. Between
1962 and 1977 he belonged to the group
Sodeisha, another ceramics association. In
1972 he received a professorship at Osaka
University.
CHF 2 000 / 3 000
(€ 1 850 / 2 780)