Lot 5455 - ibid156 Art Nouveau, Art Deco & Design - online only - Tuesday, 02. December 2025, 10.00 AM
ARAKI TAKAKO
(1921 Nishinomiya City 2004)
Sculpture, "Degeneration Bible" ca. 1990.
Shaped stoneware laid in slabs, with screen-printed decoration.
Not signed.
14 × 16 × 7 cm.
Provenance: Estate of Rudolf and Antoinette Schnyder-von Waldkirch.
Rudolf Schnyder was an art historian.
He was curator of the Porcelain and Earthenware Department at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich from 1961 to 1996.
Private lecturer and professor at the University of Zurich from 1968 to 1998.
President of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) from 1975 to 2000.
Central member of Keramik-Freunde der Schweiz / Swiss Friends of Ceramics from 1958, elected to the board of directors in 1962, editor-in-chief of the magazine from 1963, and acting president of the association from 2002 to 2006.
He is the author of:
Mittelalterliche Ofenkeramik ISBN: 978-3-905875-14-0
Part of the collection is in the Rietberg Museum in Zurich.
Rudolf Schnyder was an art historian.
He was curator of the Porcelain and Earthenware Department at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich from 1961 to 1996.
Private lecturer and professor at the University of Zurich from 1968 to 1998.
President of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) from 1975 to 2000.
Central member of Keramik-Freunde der Schweiz / Swiss Friends of Ceramics from 1958, elected to the board of directors in 1962, editor-in-chief of the magazine from 1963, and acting president of the association from 2002 to 2006.
He is the author of:
Mittelalterliche Ofenkeramik ISBN: 978-3-905875-14-0
Part of the collection is in the Rietberg Museum in Zurich.
Conditionreport:
- Several losses to the side edges<br>- Several page edges are broken, and some may be missing<br>- One piece of the binding is broken. CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)
Sold for CHF 1 875 (including buyer’s premium)
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