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Isamu Noguchi

Isamu Noguchi

Japanese-American, 1904–1988
SurrealismAbstract Art
Representation
None documented
40
Institutional Exhibitions
40
Works in Collection
79
Assets Indexed
24
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
100%
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Cultural Positioning

Movements
  • • Surrealism
  • • Abstract Art
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Sculptors' Drawings
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1986
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Reinstallation of the Contemporary Galleries
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985
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Recent Acquisitions: Architecture and Design
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
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Thirty Sculptors' Drawings
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
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Noguchi: The Sculptor as Designer
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1977–1978
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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement
Surrealism
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Artworks (40)

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Images

39 assets
イサム・ノグチの「月の世界」の噴水のモニュメント
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Noguchi sketch
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Portrait of Isamu Noguchi 1950 Domon Ken
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MGDC Cave of the Heart XY MSherwood 03
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White Sun Sculpture
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イサムノグチ受付
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イサムノグチ案内
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イサムノグチ庭園外観
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Shared movement
Piet Mondrian
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Shared movement
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Shared movement
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Movements and affiliations

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Surrealism
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Abstract Art
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Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Whitney Museum of American Art
Market

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Background

Education

Columbia University
Visual Arts
Saint Joseph College, Yokohama
Visual Arts
Leonardo da Vinci Art School
Visual Arts
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Exhibitions and timeline

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Group ExhibitionSculptors' Drawings
New York · 1986
Group ExhibitionReinstallation of the Contemporary Galleries
New York · 1985
Group ExhibitionRecent Acquisitions: Architecture and Design
New York · 1979
Group ExhibitionThirty Sculptors' Drawings
New York · 1979
Solo ExhibitionNoguchi: The Sculptor as Designer
New York · 1977
ExhibitionThree Centuries of American ArtMuseum of Modern Art
New York · 1938