Nude, Gilded Bronze Bronze - Orchids - By Takeshi Ishida (1932 - 2016 )

Born in Nagoya in 1932, after graduating from Aichi Seto Prefectural Ceramics High School, he studied under his sculptor father until the age of 27. From 1957, regularly awarded, member of the Nitten (Salon). He is sought after for his fluid female figures, with interiorized, distant and restrained looks. Numerous monuments in Japan and Hawaii.
Until 2004, professor at Nagoya University of Arts. Retrospectives in 2005, Seto City Art Museum.
An attached notice explains that he created this figurine to thank the Emperor who awarded him the order of the Blue Ribbon (a sort of Legion of Honor).
A certificate and illustrated instructions on the artist will be given to the buyer.

1.7kg. subject 30 x 7 x 7.5 cm.
With original pauwlonia box. (34 x 13 x 12 cm). With small independent marble base.