Artist Monograph

Makoto Komatsu, Japanese

Japanese, born 1943

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Ceramics	8	61.5%
Other Media	5	38.5%

Production by Decade

11

1970s

1

1980s

1

1990s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	12	92.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	1	7.7%

Range: 5.1 cm → 30.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1982	10
1995	1
2001	2

Japanese Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 13 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Crinkle Super Bag Vase (V-1) Design Acc. 362.1982	1974	Glazed cast porcelain	12 x 10 1/4 x 6 1/2" (30.5 x 26 x 16.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer and Emilio Ambasz Fund
Crinkle Super Bag Vase K-2 Design Acc. 361.1982	1974	Glazed cast porcelain	9 7/8 x 7 1/4 x 3 7/16" (25.1 x 18.4 x 8.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer and Emilio Ambasz Fund
Crinkle Tea Cup and Saucer (model CR-102) Design Acc. 1304.2001.a-b	1974	Bone china	.a (cup): h. 2 7/16" (6.2 cm), diam. 3 1/16" (7.8 cm) .b (saucer): h. 3/4" (1.9 cm), diam. 5 11/16" (14.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 7.78 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the manufacturer
Crinkle Tumbler (CR-L5) Design Acc. 356.1982	1974	Magnesia porcelain	2 1/2 x 2 3/4" (6.4 x 7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 7.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer and Emilio Ambasz Fund
Crinkle Tumbler CR-J5 Design Acc. 357.1982	1974	Magnesia porcelain	2 3/4 x 3 1/4" (7 x 8.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 8.26 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer and Emilio Ambasz Fund
Crinkle Tumbler CR-S5 Design Acc. 358.1982	1974	Magnesia porcelain	2 x 2 3/16" (5.1 x 5.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 5.50 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer and Emilio Ambasz Fund
Crinkle Vase (KNS-2) Design Acc. 364.1982	1978	Cast porcelain	9 7/8 x 6 15/16 x 3 5/8" (24.5 x 17.6 x 9.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer and Emilio Ambasz Fund
Crinkle Fukuro Pitcher Design Acc. 360.1982	1979	Blown 10 percent PbO glass	7 3/4 x 4 5/16 x 3 3/8" (19.7 x 11 x 8.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer and Emilio Ambasz Fund
Crinkle Futuro Old-Fashioned (OF) Tumbler Design Acc. 363.1982	1979	Glass	3 7/8 x 4 x 2 7/8" (9.8 x 10.2 x 7.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer and Emilio Ambasz Fund
Crinkle Shiwa Old-Fashioned (OF) K101 Design Acc. 359.1982	1979	Blown 10 percent PbO glass	3 5/16 x 3 5/16" (8.4 x 8.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 8.40 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer and Emilio Ambasz Fund
Crinkle Vase (KNS-3) Design Acc. 365.1982	1979	Cast porcelain	6 7/8 x 4 13/16 x 2 11/16" (17.5 x 12.2 x 6.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer and Emilio Ambasz Fund
Crinkle Pot (model CR-104) Design Acc. 1305.2001.a-b	1981	Bone china	Component (.a pot): 2 15/16 × 2 3/4 × 3 3/8" (7.5 × 7 × 8.6 cm) Component (.b lid): 3/4 × 2 7/8 × 3 9/16" (1.9 × 7.3 × 9 cm) Overall: 3 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 2 15/16" (8.3 × 8.9 × 7.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the manufacturer
Sake Pitcher and Cups Design Acc. 15.1995.1-3	1992	Porcelain	.1 (sake pitcher): 4 5/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 5/8" (11.8 x 9.5 x 9.2 cm) .2 (green cup): 1 11/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 7/16" ( 4.3 x 7 x 6.2 cm) .3 (white cup): 1 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 2" (4.7 x 6.1 x 5.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Louise L. Chinn