Isamu Noguchi and modern Japanese ceramics : a close embrace of the Earth /
By: Cort, Louise Allison.
Contributor(s): Winther-Tamaki, Bert | Altshuler, Bruce | Niimi, Ryu | Smithsonian Institution.
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2003Description: 256 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0520239237; 9780520239234 :; 9780520239234.Subject(s): Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988 -- Exhibitions | Ceramic sculpture, Japanese -- 20th century -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 730.92 Summary: Japanese American artist Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) is known for his stone and bronze sculpture, his gardenlike installations in public spaces and his furniture designs. But no less important, is his work in clay. This text presents his ceramics and highlights his struggles with cultural identity.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 730.92 COR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0086243 |
Published on the occasion of an exhibition in the Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, May 3 - September 7, 2003; Japan Society Gallery, NY, October 9, 2003 - January 11, 2004; Japanese American National Museum, L.A., February 7 - May 30, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Japanese American artist Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) is known for his stone and bronze sculpture, his gardenlike installations in public spaces and his furniture designs. But no less important, is his work in clay. This text presents his ceramics and highlights his struggles with cultural identity.