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Sake cabinet
Designer: Michael Hurwitz (born in 1955)
1991
Object Place: Kyoto, Japan
Medium/Technique
Tochi (horse chestnut), stone
Dimensions
109.22 x 20.32 x 45.72 cm (43 x 8 x 18 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Anne and Ronald Abramson
Accession Number1992.252a
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
DescriptionSmall rectangular cabinet with rounded door, containing a porcelain sake bottle and cup that set upon shelves on the cabinet interior. Cabinet is perched upon a diagonally-oriented shaft with a profile of a bottle. The shaft is bolted to a rough-cut stone base.
Porcelain sake bottle and cup by Ann Smith (born 1958), Somerville, MA; calligraphy by Hiroshi Hayafugi, Kyoto, Japan.
Porcelain sake bottle and cup by Ann Smith (born 1958), Somerville, MA; calligraphy by Hiroshi Hayafugi, Kyoto, Japan.
Signed
Signed on paper on underside of bottom shelf of cabinet: "MADE BY MICHAEL HURWITZ IN / KYOTO, 1992. Dedicated to M. KATO."
InscriptionsTwo inscriptions in Japanese, one on the exterior and one on the interior of the cabinet. Each taken from old Japanese poems, according to the artist.
Translation and pronunciation guide written in black ink on paper pasted to the underside of the bottom shelf of the cabinet:
"I FART IT'S NOT FUNNY I AM ALONE / UNKNOWN - EDO PERIOD / [pronunciation guide next to Japanese calligraphy] / EVEN WHEN I COUGH I AM ALONE / HOSAI OZAKI - SHOWA PERIOD / [pronunciation guide next to Japanese calligraphy]"
Translation and pronunciation guide written in black ink on paper pasted to the underside of the bottom shelf of the cabinet:
"I FART IT'S NOT FUNNY I AM ALONE / UNKNOWN - EDO PERIOD / [pronunciation guide next to Japanese calligraphy] / EVEN WHEN I COUGH I AM ALONE / HOSAI OZAKI - SHOWA PERIOD / [pronunciation guide next to Japanese calligraphy]"
ProvenancePurchased with funds provided by Anne and Ronald Abramson from the Peter Joseph Gallery, New York (Accession Date: June 24, 1992)