Bronze Nude - By Takashi Sugimura 1922-2004 #673

Nude in bronze with brown patina. Signed on the buttock - circa 1970 - on a raised base.
Originally from Nara, where he will make his career. Graduated from the Department of Sculpture of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts.
1944 noticed at the 6th art exhibition of the Ministry of Education.
1945, exhibited at the Bunsen (Fine Arts Salon) - Cultural Prize of the Nara Prefecture in 1960
Judge and advisor of the Nitten (Academy of Fine Arts) since 1961 - Produced gouaches and bronze subjects for the Nara pilgrimages.
Several monuments and outdoor sculptures in Nara - Kyoto Botanical Museum.
Work preserved at the Kyoto Museum of Fine Arts. Professor emeritus of Kyoto University of Education,
In 1998, he received the ribbon of the Order of the Rising Sun.
An illustrated note on the artist and a certificate will be given to the purchaser.