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- Isamu Noguchi's Fountain for the Ford Exhibit, New York World's Fair, 1939 - 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.
- 1939
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Isamu Noguchi's Fountain for the Ford Exhibit, New York World's Fair, 1939
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.
- Noguchi Table: Designed by Isamu Noguchi, 1988 -
- 1988
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Noguchi Table: Designed by Isamu Noguchi, 1988
- Isamu Noguchi's Fountain for the Ford Exhibit, New York World's Fair, 1939 - 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.
- 1939
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Isamu Noguchi's Fountain for the Ford Exhibit, New York World's Fair, 1939
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.
- Poster, "Best of Friends: Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi," 2006 -
- 2006
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Poster, "Best of Friends: Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi," 2006
- Martha Graham Dance Company in "Acrobats of God," with Sets by Isamu Noguchi, 1960 - Martha Graham -- considered by many to be the mother of modern dance -- and sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi were collaborators for over fifty years. Together, they produced more than eighteen original dance performances -- Noguchi as the set and prop designer and Graham as choreographer and dancer. Noguchi's spare but innovative designs paired perfectly with Graham's choreographic style.
- 1960
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Martha Graham Dance Company in "Acrobats of God," with Sets by Isamu Noguchi, 1960
Martha Graham -- considered by many to be the mother of modern dance -- and sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi were collaborators for over fifty years. Together, they produced more than eighteen original dance performances -- Noguchi as the set and prop designer and Graham as choreographer and dancer. Noguchi's spare but innovative designs paired perfectly with Graham's choreographic style.
- Martha Graham Performing in "Frontier," with Sets by Isamu Noguchi, 1935 - Martha Graham -- considered by many to be the mother of modern dance -- and sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi were collaborators for over fifty years. Together, they produced more than eighteen original dance performances -- Noguchi as the set and prop designer and Graham as choreographer and dancer. Noguchi's spare but innovative designs paired perfectly with Graham's choreographic style.
- 1935
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Martha Graham Performing in "Frontier," with Sets by Isamu Noguchi, 1935
Martha Graham -- considered by many to be the mother of modern dance -- and sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi were collaborators for over fifty years. Together, they produced more than eighteen original dance performances -- Noguchi as the set and prop designer and Graham as choreographer and dancer. Noguchi's spare but innovative designs paired perfectly with Graham's choreographic style.
- Martha Graham Dance Company in "Clytemnestra," with Sets by Isamu Noguchi, 1958 - Martha Graham -- considered by many to be the mother of modern dance -- and sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi were collaborators for over fifty years. Together, they produced more than eighteen original dance performances -- Noguchi as the set and prop designer and Graham as choreographer and dancer. Noguchi's spare but innovative designs paired perfectly with Graham's choreographic style.
- 1958
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Martha Graham Dance Company in "Clytemnestra," with Sets by Isamu Noguchi, 1958
Martha Graham -- considered by many to be the mother of modern dance -- and sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi were collaborators for over fifty years. Together, they produced more than eighteen original dance performances -- Noguchi as the set and prop designer and Graham as choreographer and dancer. Noguchi's spare but innovative designs paired perfectly with Graham's choreographic style.
- Martha Graham Dance Company in "Applachian Spring," with Sets by Isamu Noguchi, 1944 - Martha Graham -- considered by many to be the mother of modern dance -- and sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi were collaborators for over fifty years. Together, they produced more than eighteen original dance performances -- Noguchi as the set and prop designer and Graham as choreographer and dancer. Noguchi's spare but innovative designs paired perfectly with Graham's choreographic style.
- 1944
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Martha Graham Dance Company in "Applachian Spring," with Sets by Isamu Noguchi, 1944
Martha Graham -- considered by many to be the mother of modern dance -- and sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi were collaborators for over fifty years. Together, they produced more than eighteen original dance performances -- Noguchi as the set and prop designer and Graham as choreographer and dancer. Noguchi's spare but innovative designs paired perfectly with Graham's choreographic style.
- Martha Graham Dance Company in "Seraphic Dialogue," with Sets by Isamu Noguchi, 1955 - Martha Graham -- considered by many to be the mother of modern dance -- and sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi were collaborators for over fifty years. Together, they produced more than eighteen original dance performances -- Noguchi as the set and prop designer and Graham as choreographer and dancer. Noguchi's spare but innovative designs paired perfectly with Graham's choreographic style.
- 1955
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Martha Graham Dance Company in "Seraphic Dialogue," with Sets by Isamu Noguchi, 1955
Martha Graham -- considered by many to be the mother of modern dance -- and sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi were collaborators for over fifty years. Together, they produced more than eighteen original dance performances -- Noguchi as the set and prop designer and Graham as choreographer and dancer. Noguchi's spare but innovative designs paired perfectly with Graham's choreographic style.
- Japanese American Designers: Isamu Noguchi, Ray Komai and Tomoko Miho - Japanese design was a major influence in the development of American modernism, often referenced as inspiration for architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius and other early modernists. But it wasn’t just Japanese motifs that were influentia
- May 16, 2024
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Japanese American Designers: Isamu Noguchi, Ray Komai and Tomoko Miho
Japanese design was a major influence in the development of American modernism, often referenced as inspiration for architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius and other early modernists. But it wasn’t just Japanese motifs that were influentia