ID 1105276
Lot 135 | ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
Model for the Riverside Drive Playground, designed 1961-1962, executed 1985
executed by Tallix Foundry, Beacon, New York
patinated bronze
4 ¾ x 66 ½ x 18 ¾ in. (12 x 169 x 48 cm)
initialed and dated I.N. 1961-'85 with the Tallix foundry mark
from an unnumbered edition of 3
Provenance
Yoshii Gallery, New York
Art Gallery Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, 1990
Acquired from the above by co-owners, circa 2000
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 2013
Literature
B. Altshuler, Modern Masters: Isamu Noguchi, New York, 1994, pp. 25-28, 114-115 (for a discussion of these playground models)
Play Mountain: Isamu Noguchi + Louis I Kahn, exh. cat., Watari-um Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1996, pp. 6-7 (present lot illustrated)
Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2001, pp. 77, 88-89, 91, 112, 155, 238-239, 286 (for a discussion of these playground models)
| Artist: | Isamu Noguchi (1904 - 1988) |
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| Artist: | Isamu Noguchi (1904 - 1988) |
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