Isamu Noguchi, with Akari Light Sculptures

Sculpture

By: Isamu Noguchi

Date: c. 1950

Source: The Isamu Noguchi Foundation, Inc., Long Island, New York.

A Sculptor's World

Memoir

By: Isamu Noguchi

Date: 1968

Source: Noguchi, Isamu. A Sculptor's World. New York: Harper & Row, 1968, 33, 159.

About the Artist: Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) was born in Los Angeles of Japanese and Irish-American heritage. From the age of two to fourteen he was raised in Japan, returning to the United States for high school. Noguchi intended to study medicine, but after night classes in New York he realized he wanted to be a sculptor. Working with natural materials such as granite, marble, and wood, Noguchi's organic forms were featured in diverse contexts from public gardens to theater sets.