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IZUMI MASATOSHI (1938-)
Sea Ripples (1997)
Heisei era (1989-2019)
Miyagi basalt, on an assembled wood base
70 x 22 x 6in (165. X 55.5 x 16.6cm)

$10,000 - 15,000
Provenance
Purchased from Japonesque, Inc., San Francisco, September 1
1998

Exhibited
Japonesque, StoneWorks 3 Exhibition

Izumi Masatoshi comes from a family of stone sculptors living in
Munecho, Takamatsu City, Kanagawa. He was a long-time friend
of Isamu Noguchi and worked with him to create the Seattle Art
Museum’s monumental granite sculpture, Black Sun, completed
in 1969. He then established a studio and atelier for Noguchi to
produce basalt and granite sculptures, collaborating with him for 22
years while producing his own major sculptures and garden projects.

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