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ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)
Lot 187 “I’m thinking of calling it ‘Exploding Universe’. We live in an expanding universe; we’re going to the moon. I’ve built a moonscape.”

Isamu Noguchi, New Yorker Dec 14, 1963 “Total Sculpture”

ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)

TWO WORKING MODELS FOR THE SUNKEN GARDEN AT CHASE MANHATTAN BANK PLAZA, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1956-1961

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ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)
TWO WORKING MODELS FOR THE SUNKEN GARDEN AT CHASE MANHATTAN BANK PLAZA, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1956-1961
likely executed by Isamu Noguchi, painted plaster
1 ¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high, 15 in. (38.1 cm.) diameter;
the other: 1 ½ in. (3.9 cm.) high, 16 in. (40.6 cm.) diameter
one marked IN

Theodore Conrad, Jersey City;
Thence by descent to Doris Conrad Brown, Jersey City.