About the Artwork
Mystery Box No. 5A
1982
Takako Saito
born 1929
Japanese
Unknown
Carved wood and beans
Overall: 14 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 7 inches (37.1 × 19.1 × 17.8 cm)
Sculpture
Contemporary Art after 1950
Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2024.42
© Takako Saito / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Markings
Signed and dated, in pencil, along bottom edge after title: 82 Takako
Titled and numbered, in pencil, along bottom edge, before signature: Bear’s adventur No. 2
Provenance
Purchased from the artist in Dusseldorf, 1982.
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© Takako Saito / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Takako Saito, Mystery Box No. 5A, 1982, carved wood and beans. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2024.42.
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