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Honma Kazuaki

“Cocoon” Hanging Basket

2000

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Honma Kazuaki

“Cocoon” Hanging Basket

2000

Physical Qualities Bamboo, 9 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (24.1 × 11.4 × 12.1 cm.)
Credit Line Given in Honor of Margaret Lucille Roulette, San Diego
Object Number 2017.431
Cylindrical basket using ajiro technique; with ebonized bamboo liner and metal stand.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 2017; Margaret Roulette, San Diego, by purchase 2004; Tai Gallery, Santa Fe
Michael Webb, “Bamboo’s Amazing Grace,” “Architecture + Design Magazine,” July 31, 2002 (https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/artnotebook-article-082002)

Inscribed: Signed on back, "Kazuaki"

Artist

Honma Kazuaki

1929–2016

Japanese, 1930-2017
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