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Updated at 2:14 p.m., Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Sale of works by ceramicist Toshiko Takaezu at JCCH

Advertiser Staff

Hawai'i-born artist Toshiko Takaezu will present a selection of more than 200 of her works during a public sale on Saturday, Feb. 16 and Sunday, Feb. 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i Community Gallery.

Takaezu, the sixth of 11 children, was born in Pepe'ekeo, Hawai'i, in 1922 and has worked with clay for more than 40 years. One of America's foremost ceramic artists, she is credited with being one of the key figures in the mid-century transformation of ceramics from functional craft to sculptural fine art.

By the 1980s, Takaezu was regarded as one of the world's foremost ceramic artists. In 1993, the Honolulu Academy of Arts and The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu collaborated to put on a survey of her work to that time.

She retired from the Princeton faculty in 1992, and continues to make frequent trips to Hawaii to visit family and friends.

The sale benefits the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i, The Contemporary Museum and the Toshiko Takaezu Foundation. Admission is free.

For more information, call the JCCH at 945-7633, e-mail info@jcch.com or go to www.jcch.com.