Letter from Isamu Noguchi regarding His Design of a Fountain for Ford Motor Company's World's Fair Exhibit Building, 1938
THF621740 / Letter from Isamu Noguchi regarding His Design of a Fountain for Ford Motor Company's World's Fair Exhibit Building, 1938
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company, a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, hired sculptor Isamu Noguchi to design a fountain for its exhibition building in New York City's Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Noguchi used automobile parts to create a fountain that both fit the fair's "Building the World of Tomorrow" theme and expressed the power of Ford's revolutionary V-8 engine.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Letter (Correspondence)
Date Made
30 November 1938
Subject Date
1938
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.56.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Typewriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11.125 in
Width: 8.125 in
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