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Study for Sunken Garden for Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
Noguchi, Isamu 1904-1988  Search this
Architect:
Bunshaft, Gordon 1909-  Search this
Architectural firm:
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Isamu Noguchi Foundation 32-37 Vernon Boulevard Long Island City New York 11106
Located Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum 32-37 Vernon Boulevard Long Island City New York 11106
Date:
1960-1964
Notes:
Noguchi, Isamu, "The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum," New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum), 1987.
Grove, Nancy & Diane Botnick, "The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979," New York: Garland Pub., 1980, no. 503A2.
Summary:
Study for a sunken garden. Two rectangular elements. One element consists of a flat surface with half of a sphere coming out of the surface and half of a sphere sunken below the surface. The other element consists of loose organic shapes raised from the surface and sunken below the surface.
Topic:
Study  Search this
Abstract  Search this
Landscape--Garden  Search this
Control number:
IAS 87560437
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_113374