｢Cloth｣
Churyo Sato (1912-2011)
The nude woman stands straight in a casual manner. She holds a piece of cloth in the left hand which accents this sculpture ingeniously. This is one of Sato's relatively recent small pieces which is excellent enough to show the mature style he has attained. Both motion and thickness being extremely restricted, this piece has quiet and firm presence and poetic richness and brings about a refreshing impression.
Churyo Sato
Born in Miyagi in 1912. After graduating from Tokyo Fine Arts School (present Tokyo University of the Arts), he took part in the founding of the sculpture department in Shinseisakuha Association and became a member of it. After the war, he played an active part as a representative sculptor of Japanese representational sculpture both at home and abroad. He was the first Japanese to hold a solo exhibition in Rodin Museum in Paris and he won the worldwide high reputation.
