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Object Details

Artist

Isamu Noguchi, American, b. Los Angeles, California, 1904–1988

Provenance

Stable Gallery, New York, to 20 May 1959
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 20 May 1959-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Exhibition History

STABLE GALLERY, New York. Isamu Noguchi, 29 April-30 May 1959, no. 34.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection, 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 354, ill. p. 180.
ARTHUR M. SACKLER GALLERY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, DC. "Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics," 4 May - 7 September 2003. TOUR: JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM, Los Angeles, CA, February - 30 May 2004.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Speculative Forms," 16 June 2014-24 April 2016, no cat.

Published References

GROVE, NANCY, and DIANE BOTNICK. The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979: A Catalogue. (New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1980): no. 421, p. 73, ill.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Date

(1956)

Accession Number

66.3863

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Iron

Dimensions

9 1/2 × 10 1/8 × 4 in., 9 lb. (24.1 × 25.7 × 10.2 cm, 4.1 kg)

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2bcb84e90-03c7-4bc1-ba8a-cb9d53f86ff9

Record ID

hmsg_66.3863

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