Isamu Noguchi

A Sculptor’s World

Isamu Noguchi, R. Buckminster Fuller, Bonnie Rychlak

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Steidl Verlag
01 November 2015

History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Sculpture; Individual artists, art monographs

A Sculptor's World is the long-awaited new edition of the renowned 1968 autobiography of Isamu Noguchi, one of the twentieth century's most important sculptors and an influential believer in the social significance of the medium. Through over 250 images-photographs of Noguchi's experimental work, drawings and architectural plans-and told in his own words, it remains his most comprehensive statement about the art that brought him international acclaim. With an avant-garde layout and typography that remain fresh and compelling today, the book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Noguchi's work-simultaneously subtle and bold, traditional and modern- or a general interest in sculpture. Reprinted twice by Steidl and long out of print, this volume includes the original foreword by R. Buckminster Fuller and incorporates paper stocks and printing techniques as close as possible to the 1968 edition.

We are a landscape of all we have seen. - Isamu Noguchi

By: Isamu Noguchi
Text by: R. Buckminster Fuller, Bonnie Rychlak
Imprint: Steidl Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 255mm, Width: 237mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 1.580kg
ISBN: 9783869309156
ISBN 10: 3869309156
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 01 November 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) was a seminal and critically acclaimed sculptor. Committed to diverse media, his work includes sculpture, gardens, furniture, lighting, ceramics, architecture and set designs. Born in Los Angeles to an Irish-American teacher and editor and a Japanese poet, he was raised in Japan before returning to the United States to study at the age of 13. In 1926 Noguchi won one of the first Guggenheim fellowships and travelled to Paris where he worked for six months as a studio assistant to Constantin Brancusi. His collaborations include furniture for Herman Miller, sets for choreographers Martha Graham and George Balanchine, and playground design with architect Louis I. Kahn. In 1985 Noguchi designed and opened the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum (now the Noguchi Museum), in Long Island City, New York.