ID 1031396
Lot 220 | ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
Man Kneeling
bronze
incised with the artist's name and inscription '8 NOGUCHI' (on the underside)
8 ¼ x 8 x 4 ½ in. (21 x 20.3 x 11.4 cm.)
Executed in 1928. This work is one of two from an unnumbered edition.
Provenance
Miriam Hopkins, New York, acquired directly from the artist, circa 1934
Private collection, by descent from the above, 1972,
Private collection, by descent from the above, 2010
By descent from the above to the present owner, 2016
Literature
Shelter 2, vol. 2, no. 5, November 1932 (another example illustrated on the covers).
N. Grove and D. Botnick, The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi 1924-1979: A Catalogue, New York, 1980, n.p., no. 49 (illustrated).
Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, The Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. 49B-2/2 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, An Exhibition of Work of 46 Painters and Sculptors under 35 Years of Age, April 1930 (an example exhibited).
San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Drawings and Small Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi, October-November 1932 (an example exhibited).
Philadelphia, Mellon Galleries, Sculpture and Drawings by Isamu Noguchi, February-March 1933 (an example exhibited).
Philadelphia Museum of Art, International Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, May-September 1933 (an example exhibited).
Artist: | Isamu Noguchi (1904 - 1988) |
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Artist: | Isamu Noguchi (1904 - 1988) |
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