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Isamu Noguchi

Isamu Noguchi

Japanese-American, 1904–1988

WA-00009139

SurrealismAbstract Art

Representation

None documented

40

Institutional Exhibitions

40

Works in Collection

79

Assets Indexed

24

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

100%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ442628

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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Drawings: Recent Gifts

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975

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Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1965

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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1961–1962

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960–1961

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Portraits from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

Field Verification (8 fields)

5 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearMoMA + AIC+6· 93%✓
NationalityMoMA + AIC+4· 93%✓
Death yearWikidata P570 + Gallery Generic+1· 92%✓
DeceasedDerived From Death Year + Gallery Generic+1· 92%✓
Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
LocationGallery· 60%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%
BiographyUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (3)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/isamu-noguchi
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
White-Cubehttps://whitecube.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q442628
Tier 1 · Institutional95%

About

Why this artist matters now

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Graph relationships

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Movement

Surrealism

Medium

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (40)

Rock Carvings: Passage of the Seasons

1981 · basalt with mineral accretions

Part 1: 286.9 cm (112 15/16 in.); Part 2: 347.8 cm (136 15/16 in.); Part 3: 208.4 cm (82 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Akari Floor Lamp (model K4)

1977 · Silk shade and bamboo stand

Overall: 70 x 16 x 16" (177.8 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Model for Portal

1977 · steel pipe

Overall: 96.6 x 76.2 x 116.8 cm (38 1/16 x 30 x 46 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Akari Floor Lamp (model L2)

Akari Floor Lamp (model L2)

1975 · Paper and metal

66 1/4 x 15 15/16 x 15 15/16" (168.2 x 40.5 x 40.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Akari Floor Lamp (model 2P)

Akari Floor Lamp (model 2P)

1968 · Paper shade and metal frame

h. 30" (76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Stone of Spiritual Understanding

Stone of Spiritual Understanding

1962 · Bronze, wood, and steel

52 1/4 x 48 x 16" (132.6 x 121.9 x 40.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mitosis

14 1/2 x 22 1/4 x 16 1/2" (36.8 x 56.5 x 41.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Akari Lamp (model JP)

1960 · Paper shade and metal stand

Overall: h. 83 3/8" (211.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Storm

1959 · Aluminum

47 7/8 x 54 5/8 x 4 7/8" (121.4 x 138.9 x 12.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mother with Child

1958 · white marble

Overall: 110.5 x 23 x 23.6 cm (43 1/2 x 9 1/16 x 9 5/16 in.); with base: 204.4 x 45.8 x 45.8 cm (80 1/2 x 18 1/16 x 18 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Atomic Head

1957 · Iron on painted wood base

9 x 7 1/4 x 4 1/4" (22.8 x 18.4 x 10.8 cm), base 14 1/8 x 7 x 5 7/8" (35.9 x 17.8 x 14.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Woman

1957 · Iron with wood and painted steel base

14 3/8 x 18 1/4 x 8 5/8" (36.5 x 46.3 x 21.9 cm), base 50 7/8 x 18 x 18" (129.2 x 45.7 x 45.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Okame

12 3/4 x 10 1/4 x 4" (32 x 26.2 x 10 cm) including metal stand

Museum of Modern Art

Rocking Stool

1955 · Teak and steel

27 × 35.3 cm (10 5/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rocking Stool

1954 · Chromed steel and walnut

16 1/2 x 14 1/8" (41.9 x 35.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Small Centipede

Small Centipede

1952 · Unglazed Karatsu red stoneware and wood

15 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4" (40 x 12.1 x 12.1 cm) including wood base

Museum of Modern Art

Apartment

1952 · Unglazed Seto red stoneware

37 1/2 x 12 1/4 x 6 3/4" (95.2 x 31.3 x 17 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bird C

1952 · Greek marble on wood and painted steel base

22 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 4 3/4" (57.8 x 21.6 x 12.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Even the Centipede

Even the Centipede

1952 · Unglazed Kasama red stoneware, wood pole, and hemp cord

13' 9 5/8" x 18" (420.6 x 46 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Big Boy

1952 · Unglazed Karatsu red stoneware and wood

10 1/2 x 6 7/8 x 4 1/2" (26.5 x 17.4 x 11.4 cm) including base

Museum of Modern Art

Exhibition of Isamu Noguchi, Museum of Modern Art Kamakura

1952 · Lithograph

28 3/4 × 21" (73 × 53.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Table Lamp

1948 · Plastic and maple

16 x 7 1/4" (40.6 x 18.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1946 · Georgia marble

168.3 × 49.5 × 38.1 cm (66 1/4 × 19 1/2 × 15 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1946 · Pencil on cut-out-and-pasted graph paper on black construction paper

21 5/8 x 29 5/8" (55 x 72.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

40 published of 40 catalogued · 32 with image

MoMA
27 published22 img
Art Institute Chicago
10 published10 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

Model for Portal
1977 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Rock Carvings: Passage of the Seasons
1981 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Mother with Child
1958 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

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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Relationships

10

Peers & Context2

Alexander Calderco-exhibitedMarcel Duchampco-exhibited

Movements2

Surrealism Abstract Art

Collections6

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art Sotheby's Wright

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

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

Columbia University

Visual Arts

Saint Joseph College, Yokohama

Visual Arts

Leonardo da Vinci Art School

Visual Arts

Network

Related Artists

Alexander Calder

co exhibited with