The Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonné: Artwork: Michio Ito: [16]

Michio Ito

1926

Bronze

18 1/4 x 7 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (46.4 x 18.1 x 12.1 cm)

Stone base with bronze post: 10 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (26 x 10.8 x 13 cm)

Inscribed on lower back edge of chin: ISAMU 1926

Unique cast; original not extant

Current Collection

The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York

Provenance

Michio Ito, 1926
Virginia Lee, c. 1943
Eleanor Ward, c. 1960
Isamu Noguchi, 1979
Estate of the artist, 1988
The Isamu Noguchi Foundation, Inc., 1997
Current collection, 2004

Published On

February 19 2015

Last Updated On

September 30 2019

Status

published

Related Exhibitions

Related Bibliography

Cummings, Paul. "Oral history interview with Isamu Noguchi." November 7-December 26, 1973. Original typescript. Washington DC: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Botnick, Diane and Nancy Grove. The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979: A Catalogue. New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1980: i-xvii, 1-625
Grove, Nancy. Isamu Noguchi Portrait Sculpture. Exhibition catalogue. Washington DC: National Portrait Gallery, in association with the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989: i-xvi, 1-125.
Kimmelman, Michael. "Forgotten Noguchi: Portrait Sculpture Of His First Fame." Review of exhibition, Isamu Noguchi Portrait Sculpture at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. New York Times, 17 May 1989.
Kimmelman, Michael. "Noguchi as a Master of Portrait Sculpture." Review of exhibition, Isamu Noguchi Portrait Sculpture at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. New York Times, 17 May 1989.
Gabriel, Mary. "Isamu Noguchis Long Goodbye." Review of exhibition, Isamu Noguchi Portrait Sculpture at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Museum & Arts - Washington 5, no. 2 (March/April 1989): 58-61.
"To August 20 Portrait Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi." Review of exhibition, Isamu Noguchi Portrait Sculpture at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. City Paper, 21 April 1989.
Kimmelman, Michael. "Noguchi's portrait busts from 1920s-30s reveal another side." Review of exhibition, Isamu Noguchi Portrait Sculpture at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Houston Chronicle, 20 May 1989.
Takahashi, Koji. Isamu Noguchi: Retrospective 1992. Tokyo, Japan: National Museum of Modern Art, 1992.
Winther, Bert. "Isamu Noguchi: Conflicts of Japanese Culture in the Early Postwar Years." PhD dissertation, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 1993.
Buruma, Ian and Bonnie Rychlak. Noguchi and the Figure. Monterey: El Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterey, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, and Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo, 1999.
Harris, Elizabeth Forsyth. "Sculptural Theatre: Isamu Noguchi's Sets for Martha Graham." PhD dissertation, University of Virginia, 2000.
Goldberg, Deborah A. "Isamu Noguchi: the Artist as Engineer and Visionary Designer, 1918-1939." PhD dissertation, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 2001.
Tracy, Robert. Spaces of the Mind: Isamu Noguchi's Dance Designs. New York: Proscenium Publishers, 2001.
Eisenbrand, Jochen, Katarina V. Posch, and Alexander Von Vegesack, eds. Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design. Weil am Rhein: Vitra Design Museum, 2002.
Duus, Masayo. The Life of Isamu Noguchi: Journey without Borders. Translated by Peter Duus. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004.
Chang, Gordon H., Mark Dean Johnson, and Paul J. Karlstrom, eds. Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2008.
Stark, Liza. "Vibrant Legacy." Ins&Outs LIC 2, no. 2: 20-22.
Isamu Noguchi: Between East and West. Exhibition catalogue. Andros, Greece: Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation, in association with the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, 2010.
Wolf, Amy. On Becoming an Artist: Isamu Noguchi and His Contemporaries, 1922-1960. Exhibition catalogue. Long Island City: Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, 2010.

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