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LOT 0431 "Sewing Machine" by Fumio Yoshimura, c. 1970

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"Sewing Machine" by Fumio Yoshimura, c. 1970 Static linden wood sculpture of a treadle sewing machine with carved "Singer" plaque, bobbins, fretwork treadle, drive-belt and wheel, on serpentine base with drawer-fronts, wd. 30 ½ x dp. 16 ½ x ht. 37 in. (78 x 42 x 94 cm). - Accompanying the sculpture is an 8 x 11 in. press photograph of Yoshimura standing before this sewing machine sculpture in his studio, the reverse with pencil inscription: "Fumio Yoshimura, husband of Kate Millet" and press stamp from "The Observer" newspaper, 24. January. - Heralded by the "New York Times" as "Sculptor of (the) Everyday", Fumio Yoshimura (1926-2002) was born in Japan and studied painting at the Tokyo University of Arts. After moving to New York in 1963, Yoshimura taught himself wood carving with an assortment of chisels, knives and drills. He established his own studio and created detailed sculptures of ephemeral life, such as flowers and food, as well utilitarian items - typewriters, motorbikes, machines - which he reproduced on a 1:1 scale in unfinished linden wood. - In 1965 Yoshimura married the prominent American feminist author, artist and activist Kate Millet, whose 1970 work "Sexual Politics" is dedicated to him. - Though he never depicted people in his work, the "New York Times" notes that "human activities are often implied in objects like an apple peeler (containing) a half-skinned piece of fruit". The simple, pared-down lines of Yoshimura's everyday items, which he described as representing the "ghosts of the original objects", are reminiscent of the Pop Art movement and the functionalism of Andy Warhol. - Yoshimura's sculptures are to be found in the collections of national museums, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College and the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach. - A beautiful work by a significant modern artist. "Sewing Machine" (Nähmaschine) von Fumio Yoshimura, um 1970 Raffinierte Lindenholz-Skulptur von Fumio Yoshimura (1926-2002). Detailgetreu geschnitzte Gestell-Näh-maschine im Maßstab 1:1. "Singer"-Plakette, Antriebsriemen, Nadel und Fußpedal sind komplett aus Holz gefertigt (78 x 42 x 94 cm). - Dabei ein Original-Pressephoto (A4), das Yoshimura mit seiner Nähmaschinen-Skulptur in seinem Studio zeigt. Rückseitig beschriftet "Fumio Yoshimura, husband of Kate Millet" und mit Pressestempel "The Observer, 24 Jan.". - Anläßlich seines Todes veröffentlichte die New York Times einen Nachruf und nannte ihn den "Sculptor of (the) Everyday". Fumio Yoshimura, geboren in Japan, studierte Kunst an der Kunstakademie in Tokyo, emigrierte 1963 in die USA und lernte in New York autodidaktisch die Holzschnitzerei mit Meißel, Messern und Bohrern kennen. Er schuf sich sein eigenes Studio und kreierte detaillierte hölzerne Replikas von Pflanzen, Maschinen und verschiedensten Gebrauchsgegenständen, wie Schreibmaschinen, Motorrädern und ausgefallenen Fahrrädern - alle Reproduktionen im Maßstab 1:1, aus unlackiertem Lindenholz. - 1965 heiratete Yoshimura die berühmte amerikanische Schriftstellerin, Bildhauerin und Feministin Kate Millet, die ihm 1970 ihr Werk "Sexual Politics" widmete. - Obwohl Yoshimura niemals Personen in seiner Arbeit darstellte, wurden in seinen Objekten indirekt deren Tätigkeiten dargestellt, wie in einem Apfelschäler mit einer halbgeschälten Frucht. Er erinnert mit seinen raffinierten Lindenholz-Skulpturen, die er selbst "ghosts of the original objects" nannte, an die Zeit der Pop-Art und an den Funktionalismus von Andy Warhol. - Yoshimuras Skulpturen sind in namhaften Museumssammlungen zu finden, wie zum Beispiel im Philadelphia Museum of Arts, the Hood Museum of Art am Dartmouth College und im Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach. - Die hier angebotene Nähmaschinenskulptur ist ein attraktives Original eines großen und bedeutenden Künstlers der Moderne. Start Price: EUR 6500

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