Sleeper I
Date1999
Maker
Akio Takamori
Japanese (active in the United States), 1950 - 2017
Object number2018.4.5
ProvenanceThe artist; [Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, Washington]; purchased by Lucy and Herb Pruzan, March 1999
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistoryLaConner, Washington, Museum of Northwest Art, No Joke: Selections from the Pruzan Collection, Jan. 12 - Mar. 9, 2008.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, New Old and New New: Recent Acquisitions of Asian Art, Dec. 12, 2009 - Oct. 31, 2010.
Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, Creating the New Northwest: Selections from the Herb and Lucy Pruzan Collection, June 15 - Oct. 6, 2013. Text by Rock Hushka and Matthew Kangas. No cat. no., reproduced p. 79, pl. 75.Published ReferencesFoong, Ping, Xiaojin Wu, and Darielle Mason. "An Asian Art Museum Transformed." Orientations vol. 51, no. 3 (May/June 2020): p. 68, reproduced fig. 28 (installation view).Credit LineGift of Lucy and Herb Pruzan, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions5 x 26 x 9 in. (12.7 x 66 x 22.9 cm)
MediumStoneware
Moris
2014
Object number: 2023.22.4