The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania

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Garden Sculptures

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Untitled (After Black Forest)
Two Lines Variable
African Queen
American Bull
Saint Francis
Cotswold Sheep
Gemination Sequence
Bronze Bell
Heart Pod
Inside Out
After B.K.S. Iyengar
John and Lydia Morris
Mercury
Stanchion
Sugarman Sculptures
Three Tubes

Untitled, Cast Bronze Bell
Created by: Toshiko Takaezu (American, b. 1922 )
Material: cast bronze bell, wood and metal support, c. 1992
Gift of Jane and Leonard Korman

The internationally known ceramic artist Toshiko Takaezu has often created clay vessels that mysteriously rattle when shaken. In the 1980s, she began making bronze bells to further explore sound as a component in her sculpture.

The Hawaiian-born artist researched Japanese bell designs and learned to thicken the instrument's rim and top, to enhance sound quality. The simple wooden support evokes a Shinto shrine, dedicated to the traditional spirits of the natural world.

Gemination