Fujino Sachiko
Abandoned Space, 1991
Stoneware
25 1/4h x 21 5/8w x 9d in
NTH2-FJ001
SOLD
Halsey and Alice first saw the work in Fujino's Kyoto studio during the 2004 trip with NISHI Maya to purchase works for MFA Boston Contemporary Clay exhibition. Alice "re-discovered' this work in 2012 when looking at the photos she took during the 2004 visit when she was creating Halsey and Alice's presentation for the Maui Arts & Cultural Center opening of the Soaring Voices exhibition. The Norths’ where then able to finally acquire the piece for their collection.
Miyanaga Tozan III
Rain Is, 1983
Porcelain
11 1/4h x 17w x 4d in
NTH2-MT001
SOLD
In 1999, Miyanaga Rikichi received the name Tôzan from his father and became the third Miyanaga Tôzan, succeeding to the leadership of a ceramics family that has played an important part in Kyoto’s transition from a traditional to a modern center of ceramic art. Tôzan III was a student of two giants of the postwar Kyoto art scene: ceramic sculptor Tsuji Shindô (1910–1981) and Yagi Kazuo, founding member of the Sôdeisha group. Tôzan majored in sculpture at Kyoto City University of Arts from 1954 to 1958, studied sculpture for three further years at New York City’s Art Students League, and became a member of Sôdeisha in 1970.
Takiguchi Kazuo
A428 ("Bob"), 1997
Stoneware
9h x 15 1/4w x 8 1/2d in
NTH2-TGK001
SOLD
“Technical innovation is a hallmark of many works in their collection, including a biomorphic vessel by Takiguchi Kazuo that sits like a stone walrus in the living room. Halsey describes how the artist rolls out the clay on a room-sized piece of canvas and, with a pulley system, gathers the corners of the cloth together. Then he gently paddles the hollow form into a seamless shape with a little torn opening at the top."
-Hilarie M. Sheets
Kishi Eiko
Vessel with inlaid multicolor glazes, 2001
Stoneware, with custom wooden box
27 1/2h x 17w x 5d in
NTH2-KE002
SOLD
Koike Shôko
White Bowl with Irregular Rim and Pooled Glass in the Bottom, 2013
Stoneware
3 3/4h x 9 7/8w in
NTH2-KS001
SOLD
Kuroda Taizo
Flat Bowl of White Porcelain, 1999
Porcelain, with custom wooden box
2 7/8h x 10w in
NTH2-TK001
SOLD
Kaneta Masanao
Large Lidded Kogo with Thick White Hagi Glaze, 2008
Stoneware, with custom wooden box
4 1/2h x 5 3/4w x 5d in
NTH2-KM002
SOLD
Kaneta Masanao
2 Small thrown "scooped" and carved bowls, 2006-2008
Stoneware
2 3/4h x 5 3/4w in
NTH2-KM001
SOLD
Tsujimura Shiro
Iga-ware Faceted Flower Vase, 2003
Stoneware, with custom wooden box
22 1/2h x 6 1/2w x 7d in
NTH2-ST008
SOLD
In her review for Art in America of Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century, Leila Philip wrote: "A 2003 abstract vase by Tsujimura Shiro, famous in Japan for his theatrical approach to the making of tea-inspired wares, is particularly noteworthy. This rough hunk of wood-fired stoneware was, according to the artist, buried for 10 years before he allowed it to be viewed. Whether this burial was literal or metaphoric, the artist's self-imposed drama resonates."
Tsujimura Kai
Suiban Shape Flower Container, Iga Style, 2014
Stoneware, with custom wooden box
4 3/4h x 14 9/16w in
NTH2-TSK001
SOLD
Tsujimura Yui
Platter with Natural Ash Glaze, 2013
Stoneware, with custom wooden box
1 5/8h x 12 3/16w in
NTH2-YT004
SOLD
Kakurezaki Ryuichi
Platter from the Series "Sound of the Core", 2003
Stoneware, with custom wooden box
5 1/2h x 31 1/2w x 16 1/4d in
NTH2-RK001
SOLD
Takahara Shoji
Square Bizen Plate with Orange-Red Circle, 1995
Stoneware, with custom wooden box
7/8h x 14w x 13 3/4d in
NTH2-TS001
SOLD
Tsujimura Shiro
Tea Bowl Kuro Oribe (Black Oribe) 2010
Stoneware, with custom wooden box
3 1/8h x 5 1/4w x 3 7/8d in
NTH2-ST001
SOLD
Tsujimura Shiro
Hikidashi-Guro Chawan, 2012
Stoneware
2 1/2h x 3 1/4w in
NTH2-ST007
SOLD
Tsujimura Shiro
Kohiki Style Tea Bowl, 2009
Stoneware, white slip under clear glaze, with custom wooden box
2 7/8h x 6w x 5 1/8d in
NTH2-ST005
SOLD
Yasuhisa Kohyama
Shigaraki Shi Zen Yu Chawan, 1982
stoneware, with custom wooden box
3 1/4h x 4 3/4w in
NTH2-YK001
SOLD
Tsujimura Shiro
Kohiki Tea bowl, 2004
Stoneware, with custom wooden box
3 1/8h x 6 1/8w x 5 13/16d in
NTH2-ST004
SOLD
Shiro Otani
Tea Bowl named Purple Cloud, 1989
Stoneware, with custom wooden box
3h x 6w x 5d in
NTH2-SO005
SOLD
Otani Shiro described the tea bowl as one of the best he had ever made and named it Purple Cloud (purple = murasaki = a kanji in Shigaraki). Several years later, he tried to buy it back from them but they declined.
Shimizu Uichi
6 Tea plates in the shape of flower blossoms (Hana kozara horai yu retsu), 1999
Stoneware, with custom wooden box
NTH2-SU001
SOLD
Munakata Ryoichi VII
Tea Bowl with Dripping Pale Blue Ash Glaze, 1986
Stoneware, with custom wooden box
3 1/4h x 4 3/4w in
NTH2-MR001
$1,200
SOLD
Kaneta Masanao
Lidded Box with Hagi Glaze, 1994
Stoneware, with custom wooden box
6 3/4h x 11 1/2w x 5 1/2d in
NTH2-KM003
SOLD
Kaneta Masanao
Slab Sculptural Plate, 1994
Stoneware, with custom box
3 3/8h x 13 1/2w x 8 3/8d in
NTH2-KM004
SOLD
Kaneta Masanao
Wall Hanging Flower Vase, 1994
Stoneware, with custom box
7h x 5 1/2w x 2 1/2d in
NTH2-KM005
SOLD
Miyashita Zenji
2 small plates with green and yellow layered clay design, 1999
Stoneware
3/4h x 5 1/4w in
NTH2-MZ001
SOLD
Sueharu Fukami
2 tea cups for a couple, 1994
Porcelain, with custom box
4 5/8h x 3 1/2w in
NTH2-SF001
SOLD
Yagi Akira
Seihakuji Sake Bottle, 1997
porcelain, with custom box
7h x 3 5/8w in
NTH2-YA002
SOLD
Otani Shiro
Unglazed Sake Bottle with Rare Purple Fire Flash, 1989
No box
Stoneware
5 x 4 in
NTH2-SO003
SOLD
The surface of this bottle on one side is covered with a heavy wood ash glaze deposit creating a craggy, pitted surface. The natural wood ash glaze has turned the surface pale purple, a much desired and rare effect.
Tsujimura Yui
Moon Face Sake Pourer, 2013
Stoneware
5h x 4w in
NTH2-YT001
SOLD
Tsujimura Yui
Sake Pourer Off-center Spout, 2005
Stoneware, with custom box
4h x 3 5/8w in
NTH2-YT002
SOLD
Otani Shiro
9 Oribe Glazed Wood Fired Cups (5/9 available), 1999
Stoneware
4 1/4h x 3 1/4w in
NTH2-SO001
SOLD
Daikichi Antiques
6 Antique Oribe Dishes (condition as is)
Stoneware
Framed: 3/4h x 3 3/4w in
NTH2-DA001
SOLD
Lacoste/Keane Gallery presents the second exhibition in a two-part series, the show and sale of important works from the Halsey and Alice North Collection II: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from January 19 to February 16, 2019. The first part, Contemporary American Ceramics was presented December 8, 2018 to January 5, 2019.
Halsey and Alice North are founding leaders of The North Group Inc., which has guided many non-profit organizations with fundraising, planning and development for over 30 years. They are passionate supporters of contemporary ceramics and have assembled one of the foremost collections of contemporary Japanese ceramics and American ceramics in the USA. Since downsizing their New York City abode, they have appointed Lacoste/Keane Gallery to find new homes for their large collection.
The Norths are leaders in the field of collecting Japanese Ceramics. The groundbreaking exhibition Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century was built around their collection and shown at the MFA Boston and the Japan Society NYC accompanied by a catalogue. Numerous pieces from that show are featured and offered for sale in the current exhibition at Lacoste/Keane Gallery. Museum groups have toured the Norths’ home and works from their collection can be seen at the MFA Boston, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Freer | Sackler Galleries/Smithsonian/Washington DC, Peabody Essex Museum, Mint Museum, and Portland (Oregon) Museum of Art.
Each work comes with extensive documentation to provide the audience a full history, context and provenance. As diligent supporters of ceramic art, the Norths have fostered over the years, close friendships with the artists through studio visits, interviews, cataloguing works and acquisitions. For each of the exhibitions at our gallery, they will be giving a PowerPoint presentation at the Collectors Preview and a walk through at the Public Opening Reception. Works will be available for sale online and at Lacoste/Keane Gallery.
COLLECTORS PREVIEW JAN 18 6PM
OPENING RECEPTION JAN 19 2pm
RSVP: info@lacostekeane.com
