The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 14, 2025

Forms in Succession #11

2010
(Japanese, b. 1953)
Japan, Heisei period (1989–2019)
porcelain with white trailing glaze
Overall: 35.6 x 47 x 52.1 cm (14 x 18 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.)
Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2023.39
Location: 235A Japanese

Did You Know?

After watching his father and grandfather destroy unsellable wares at the family kiln, Nagae began to investigate and experiment with warped and abstracted forms in his own porcelain.

Description

This artwork comprises two fluid boxes, one inside the other, each moving to its own rhythm. Razor thin, the porcelain shapes are reminiscent of origami, the Japanese art of folding paper. By challenging fixed ideas for what is possible with porcelain, Nagae Shigekazu has created a new form of ceramic art.
  • 2010
    (Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., New York, NY, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley)
    2010–2023
    Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2023–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Contemporary Calligraphy and Clay. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7, 2024-June 15, 2025).
    Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).
  • {{cite web|title=Forms in Succession #11|url=false|author=Nagae Shigekazu|year=2010|access-date=14 March 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2023.39