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Sculpture
Calligraphics
Isamu Noguchi, 1904 - 1988
Noguchi, Isamu
United States
1904 - 1988
Male
70 5/8 x 18 x 3 5/8 in. (179.4 x 45.7 x 9.2 cm)
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Iron, wood and rope
Iron, wood and rope
1957
1957
1957
1900-2000, 20th century, sculpture
Sculpture
Isamu Noguchi’s father was a Japanese poet and his mother was an American writer. Although he was born in California and lived much of his life in the U.S., Noguchi’s travels reflected his own East-West duality. The artist spent his childhood traveling throughout Japan with his mother. As a young man he went to Paris to study with the abstract sculptor Constantin Brancusi. In China, he studied the ancient art of calligraphy.
In the sleek, mid-century forms of Calligraphics, Noguchi combined his love of modern sculpture and calligraphy. The two shapes suggest abstract versions of Japanese characters: ni meaning “the sun” (like the red sun on the flag of Japan) and hon meaning “the origin” (perhaps his own).
[Summer 2015]
1960.2
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
60.2TR1
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60.2DI1
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Memorial Art Gallery
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