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| Name: |
Isamu Noguchi | | Birth Date: |
November 17, 1904 | | Death Date: |
December 30, 1988 | | Place of Birth: |
Los Angeles, California, United States | | Place of Death: |
New York, New York, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
sculptor |
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Biography of Isamu Noguchi
1,024 words, approx. 3 pages
 Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988), American sculptor and designer, was one of the few legitimate heirs to the sculptural tradition begun by Brancusi. His sculptures, fountains and gardens are focal points in many cities in the United States and worldwide....
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Biography of Isamu Noguchi
2,890 words, approx. 10 pages
 "With my double nationality and double upbringing, where was my home"" wrote sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi in his autobiographical A Sculptor's World. "Where my affections? Where my identity? Japan or America, either, both--or the world"" While...


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Isamu Noguchi Information
3,454 words, approx. 12 pages
 Isamu Noguchi (野口 勇, Noguchi Isamu?, November 17 1904 - December 30 1988) was a prominent Japanese American artist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward. Known widely for his sculpture and public...




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 Artforum International
Isamu Noguchi.
11/01/1994: 612 words, approx. 2 pages Barry Schwabsky An artist as famous as Isamu Noguchi would not usually be thought of as underrated, yet that is the case. He rests easily in no existing canon, and for now art history has marginalized him. Noguchi's writings and interviews will...
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 The Washington Post
Isamu Noguchi: In Fine Form At Hirshhorn
02/18/2005: 689 words, approx. 2 pages YOU WON'T hear the word "retrospective" around the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in connection with its newest exhibition, "Isamu Noguchi: Master Sculptor." (Actually, Director Ned Rifkin did drop the R-word the other day when introducing the show to the assembled members of the...
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 The New York Observer
The Bearden-Noguchi Aesthetic: Transcends Constraints of 'Otherness'
1/16/2005: 908 words, approx. 3 pages Whose idea was it to host concurrent retrospectives of Romare Bearden and Isamu Noguchi at the Whitney Museum of American Art? It was a brilliant stroke, really. Noguchi's streamlined, abstract sculptures distill experience by expunging it of clutter; Bearden's collaged portrayals of farmers, jazz musicians...
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 The New York Observer
Bohemian Boys Club
5/1/2007: 542 words, approx. 2 pages A couple of years ago, the O.K. Harris Gallery organized an exhibition of late sculptures by Philip Pavia (1912–2005). Pavia died shortly after this tantalizing show of large primitivistic heads, his achievements as an artist largely lost to history. A photo of Pavia’s 1961 exhibition...



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Isamu Noguchi
748 words, approx. 3 pages
 Discusses the life and career of Japanese artist Isamu Noguchi. Describes the difficulties Noguchi faced in having an American mother, a Japanese father, and an American and European educational background. Details how Noguchi eventually found toleration and happiness in sculpture.


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