In the Language of Silence: The Art of Toshiko Takaezu (h96)

(University of North Carolina Press) Renowned potter Toshiko Takaezu, who was heavily influenced by midcentury modernism, worked actively in clay, fiber, and bronze for more than 60 years, up until her death in March 2011.   She drew on combinations of Eastern and Western techniques and aesthetics. Takaezu was a professor in the program in Visual Arts at Princeton University from 1967 until her retirement in 1992, and later returned as a Belknap Visitor in the Humanities in 2004. She was honored by the University with both a Howard T. Behrman award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities in 1992 and an honorary doctorate of fine arts in 1996. Held is curator of ceramics at the Ceramics Research Center, part of the Arizona State University Art Museum.