Fat Dancer
Rain Mountain
Figure EmergingThese three figures are by Isamu Noguchi. Noguchi ranks up there as one of my all time favorite sculptors, but I must admit, this is not my favorite medium for him.
(November 17, 1904 – December 30, 1988) Isamu Noguchi was a prominent Japanese American artist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward. Known for his sculpture and public works, Noguchi also designed stage sets for various Martha Graham productions, and several mass-produced lamps and furniture pieces, some of which are still manufactured and sold.
In 1947, Noguchi began a collaboration with the Herman Miller company, when he joined with George Nelson, Paul László and Charles Eames to produce a catalog containing what is often considered to be the most influential body of modern furniture ever produced, including the iconic Noguchi table which remains in production today. His work lives on around the world and at the Noguchi Museum in New York City.
Paper Lamps by Noguchi
He is one of my favourites too but I have never seen these pieces in a book even. I have had a couple of the lamps but the paper has rotted away on both of them now! ;-(
I think I’ve heard the Noguchi name before…and I like the table a lot; the sculptures not so much. But if he’s one of your favorites he must have a lot going for him!
I prefer his furniture to the metal sculpture…the fat dancer looks to me more like a headless cow…
For some reason, the Fat Dancer reminds me of Dogbert. I prefer Noguchi’s Paper Lamps creations.