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Isamu Noguchi
(イサム・ノグ&
#12481;, November 17, 1904 - December 30, 1988)
was a notable 20th century artist.

Isamu Noguchi was born in Los Angeles,
California|Los Angeles to an American writer,
Leonie Gilmour, and a Japanese people|Japanese
poet, Yonejiro Noguchi, on November 17, 1904.  In
1906 he moved with his mother to join his father
in Japan, where he spent the rest of his
childhood.

In 1918 he was sent to the United States for
schooling. He graduated from La Porte High School
in La Porte County, Indiana|La Porte, Indiana in
1922.

In 1924 Noguchi dropped out of Columbia University
to pursue sculpture full-time.  In the ensuing
years he gained in prominence and acclaim, leaving
his large-scale works in many of the world's major
cities.  Such works include:
* A bridge in Hiroshima's Hiroshima Peace
Memorial|Peace Park
* Sculpture for First National City Bank Building
in Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth, Texas
* Sunken Garden for Beinecke Rare Book and
Manuscript Library at Yale University in New
Haven, Connecticut|New Haven, Connecticut
* Billy Rose Sculpture Garden, Israel Museum,
Jerusalem
* Sunken Garden for Chase Manhattan Bank Plaza in
New York City|New York, New York
* Gardens for the IBM headquarters in Armonk, New
York|Armonk, New York
* Kodomo no Kuni, a children's playground in
Tokyo, Japan
* Dodge Fountain and Hart Plaza|Philip A. Hart
Plaza in Detroit, Michigan (created in
collaboration with Shoji Sadao)

His works were not limited to sculptures and
gardens.  He designed stage sets for various
Martha Graham productions;  he designed some
mass-produced objects such as lamps and furniture
some of which are still manufactured and sold
today. Among his furniture work was his
collaboration with the Herman Miller company in
1948. He joined with George Nelson, Paul Laszlo
and Charles Eames to produce a catalog containing
what is often considered to be the most
influential body of modern furniture.  His work
lives on around the world and at the Noguchi
Museum|Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum in New York
City.


His final project was the design of a 400 acre
(1.6 km²) park for Sapporo, Japan.  Designed
in 1988 shortly before his death, Moerenuma Park
is almost completed and already open to the public
as of 2004.


==Additional Reading==
* Altshuler, Bruce (1995). Isamu Noguchi (Modern
Masters). Abbeville Press, Inc.  ISBN 1558597557.
* Ashton, Dore; Hare, Denise Brown (1993). Noguchi
East and West. University of California Press.
ISBN 0520083407.
* Noguchi, Isamu et al (1986). Space of Akari and
Stone. Chronicle Books. ISBN 0877014051.
* Torres, Ana Maria; Williams, Tod (2000). Isamu
Noguchi: A Study of Space. The Monticelli Press.
ISBN 1580930549.

==External links==
* http://www.noguchi.org Isamu Noguchi Garden
Museum
*
http://homepage.mac.com/gralston/oneNoguchi_000.ht
m Noguchi's Indiana experience
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