81
The Queen
1931
Terra-cotta
43 7/8 x 16 7/8 x 15 1/2 in. (111.4 x 42.9 x 39.4 cm)
Inscribed on top of center section of upper element: 1931 
; inscribed on underside of lowest ridge of lower element: ISAMU 1931 1/3
; inscribed on underside of lowest ridge of lower element: ISAMU 1931 1/3Unique composition; lower element is number 1 from an edition of 3 (2 realized)
Current Collection
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist 69.107
Provenance
John Becker Gallery, New York, consigned 1932
Katherine Kuh Gallery, Chicago, consigned c. 1935
The artist, returned prior to 1945
Current collection, gifted 1969
Katherine Kuh Gallery, Chicago, consigned c. 1935
The artist, returned prior to 1945
Current collection, gifted 1969
Published On
February 19 2015
Status
published
All images ©INFGM
Related Exhibitions
- Sculpture by Isamu Noguchi, John Becker Gallery, February 15, 1932 - March 10, 1932
- Isamu Noguchi, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 17, 1968 - June 16, 1968
- 200 Years of American Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 16, 1976 - September 26, 1976
- The Figurative Tradition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 25, 1980 - September 28, 1980
- Le Japon des Avant-Gardes, Centre Georges Pompidou, December 9, 1986 - March 2, 1987
- Isamu Noguchi: Master Sculptor, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 28, 2004 - May 8, 2005
- The Imagery of Chess Revisited, The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York, October 20, 2005 - March 5, 2006
Related Bibliography
- Herridge, Frances. "With the Dancers: Noguchi Brings Sculpture to the Stage." PM (13 July 1947).
- Shevelson, Harris, ed. "Canvas Gets The Brush-off: 1951 Art Story: Noguchi." Pageant 7, no. 7 (January 1952): 154.
- Noguchi: 1931/50/51/52/ Japan. Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, 1953.
- Schonberg, Harold C. "Isamu Noguchi: A Kind of Throwback." New York Times Magazine (14 April 1968): 26-27, 29-30, 32, 34.
- Shirley, David L. "Noguchi." Review of exhibitions, Isamu Noguchi at The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and Brush Drawings: Peking 1930 at Cordier & Ekstrom, Inc., New York. Newsweek (29 April 1968): 94-95.
- Kramer, Hilton. "Isamu Noguchi: A Selective Anthology." Review of exhibition, Isamu Noguchi at The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. New York Times, 21 April 1968: D29.
- Gordon, John. Isamu Noguchi. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, in association with Admiral Press, 1968.
- Noguchi, Isamu. Isamu Noguchi: A Sculptor's World. New York and Evanston, Illinois: Harper & Row, 1968.
- N.A., The Whitney Review, 1969/70. New York: The Whitney Museum of American Art, 1970.
- Anderson, Wayne. American Sculpture in Process: 1930-1970. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1975.
- Two Hundred Years of American Sculpture. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, in association with David R. Godine Publisher, 1976.
- Hunter, Sam. Isamu Noguchi. New York: Abbeville Press, 1978.
- Friedman, Martin. Noguchi's Imaginary Landscapes. Exhibition catalogue. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1978.
- Clark, Garth. A Century of Ceramics in the United States 1878– 1978: A Study of its Development. Exhibition catalogue. New York: E. P. Dutton, in association with the Everson Museum of Art, 1979.
- Marter, Joan M., Roberta K. Tarbell and Jeffrey Wechsler. Vanguard American Sculpture 1913 - 1939. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University, 1979.
- 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
- Hills, Patricia and Roberta K. Tarbell. The Figurative Tradition and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Exhibition catalogue. New York and Newark: Whitney Museum of American Art, in association with University of Delaware Press, 1980.
- Schmidt, Glynn. "Isamu Noguchi: Merging East and West." Amerika, no. 300 (November 1981): 24-34.
- Grove, Nancy. Isamu Noguchi: A Study of the Sculpture. New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1985: i-xx, 1-313.
- Sims, Patterson. Whitney Museum of American Art: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection. New York: 1985.
- Japon des Avant-Gardes 1910-1970. Exhibition catalogue. Paris: Editions du Centre Pompidou, 1986.
- Clark, Garth. American Ceramics, 1876 to the Present. New York: Abbeville Press, 1987.
- Levin, Elaine. The History of American Ceramics: 1607 to the Present, from Pipkins and Bean Pots to Contemporary Forms. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1988.
- Winther, Bert. "Isamu Noguchi: Conflicts of Japanese Culture in the Early Postwar Years." PhD dissertation, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 1993.
- Noguchi, Isamu. Isamu Noguchi: Essays and Conversations, edited by Bruce Altshuler and Diane Apostolos-Cappadona. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., in association with the Isamu Noguchi Foundation, 1994.
- Altshuler, Bruce. Isamu Noguchi. Modern Masters Series, vol. 16. New York: Abbeville Press, 1994.
- Niimi, Ryu. Isamu Noguchi - Rosanjin Kitaoji. Tokyo, Japan: Sezon Museum of Art, 1996.
- Withers, Jane. "Space Man." Elle Decoration no. 53 (October, 1996): 76-78.
- 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.
- Kostelanetz, Richard. A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes, Second Ed. New York: Schirmer Books, 2000.
- Cort, Louise and Bert Winther-Tamaki. Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics: A Close Embrace of the Earth. Exhibition catalogue. Washington DC and Berkeley: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, in association with University of California Press, 2003.
- "Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics: A Close Embrace of the Earth." Japanese American National Museum Magazine, Winter 2003: 4-7.
- Duus, Masayo. The Life of Isamu Noguchi: Journey without Borders. Translated by Peter Duus. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004.
- Fletcher, Valerie J., ed. Isamu Noguchi: Master Sculptor. Washington DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution and Whitney Museum of American Art, in association with Scala Publishers, Ltd., 2004.
- Connors, Thomas. "Sculpting a life out of a fractured world." Chicago Tribune, 14 November 2004: 1, 11.
- Stern, Fred. "Bridging Two Cultures: Ceramicist Isamu Noguchi." The World and I, March 2004: 96-103.
- Anderton, Frances. "Current: Los Angeles: Birthday Revival for an Artist." New York Times, 26 February 2004.
- "Isamu Noguchi: Master Sculptor."
- Kuh, Katharine. "Isamu Noguchi: In Search of a Home." In My Love Affair with Modern Art: Behind the Scenes with a Legendary Curator, edited by Avis Berman, 201-213. New York: Arcade Publishing, 2006: 201-213.
- Doval, Gonzalo ed. Metamorphosis in Clay: Noguchi in Kamakura. Exhibition catalogue. Madrid: Fundacion ICO, 2006.
- Design: Isamu Noguchi and Isamu Kenmochi. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Five Ties Publishing, Inc. and the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, 2007.
- Chang, Gordon H., Mark Dean Johnson, and Paul J. Karlstrom, eds. Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2008.
- Schevola, Nicola. "Private Noguchi, Weston Connecticut, USA." Casa Vogue, no. 31, (April 2009): 122 - 127.
- Sadao, Shoji. Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi: Best of Friends. New York: Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, 2011.
- Isamu Noguchi/ Qi Baishi/ Beijing 1930. Exhibition catalogue. Long Island City and Milan: Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, in association with Five Continent Editions, 2013.
- "Noguchi.: A close embrace of the earth & modern Japanese ceramics." Asiatica (2013): 8-17.