Mishima Kimiyo (Osaka, Japan, 1932–2024). <em>Sculpture of charcoal box filled with newspaper</em>, 2005. Glazed stoneware, box: 15 × 16 × 13 1/2 in. (38.1 × 40.6 × 34.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Dr. Eleanor Z. Wallace and gift of Mrs. Robert G. Olmstead and Constable MacCracken, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hyde, and Shelly and Lester Richter, by exchange, 2024.15a-c. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., CUR.TL2024.4_overall01.jpg)

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Mishima Kimiyo (Osaka, Japan, 1932–2024). Sculpture of charcoal box filled with newspaper, 2005. Glazed stoneware, box: 15 × 16 × 13 1/2 in. (38.1 × 40.6 × 34.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Dr. Eleanor Z. Wallace and gift of Mrs. Robert G. Olmstead and Constable MacCracken, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hyde, and Shelly and Lester Richter, by exchange, 2024.15a-c. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., CUR.TL2024.4_overall01.jpg)

Sculpture of charcoal box filled with newspaper

Mishima Kimiyo

Asian Art

ARTIST Mishima Kimiyo, Osaka, Japan, 1932–2024

MEDIUM Glazed stoneware

DATES 2005

DIMENSIONS box: 15 × 16 × 13 1/2 in. (38.1 × 40.6 × 34.3 cm) newspaper-a: 3 5/8 × 9 × 6 in. (9.2 × 22.9 × 15.2 cm) newspaper-b: 3 7/8 × 7 1/8 × 6 1/2 in. (9.8 × 18.1 × 16.5 cm) (show scale)

MARKINGS Potter's mark: Kimiyo Mishima 2005

SIGNATURE Accompanied by artist's plaque with title "Box Charcoal - No5," date 2005, and artist's signature "Kimiyo Mishima"

INSCRIPTIONS On front side of box, in Japanese: "Charcoal" "for barbeque" "Protect green" and "6 kilograms."

COLLECTIONS Asian Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 2024.15a-c

CREDIT LINE Bequest of Dr. Eleanor Z. Wallace and gift of Mrs. Robert G. Olmstead and Constable MacCracken, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hyde, and Shelly and Lester Richter, by exchange

PROVENANCE 2005, purchased from the artist by Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., New York, NY; 2024, purchased from Joan B. Mirviss Ltd. by the Brooklyn Museum.

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CAPTION Mishima Kimiyo (Osaka, Japan, 1932–2024). Sculpture of charcoal box filled with newspaper, 2005. Glazed stoneware, box: 15 × 16 × 13 1/2 in. (38.1 × 40.6 × 34.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Dr. Eleanor Z. Wallace and gift of Mrs. Robert G. Olmstead and Constable MacCracken, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hyde, and Shelly and Lester Richter, by exchange, 2024.15a-c. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., CUR.TL2024.4_overall01.jpg)

IMAGE overall, CUR.TL2024.4_overall01.jpg. Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., 2024

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Mishima Kimiyo

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