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The Geri Brawerman Collection: A Tribute to Los Angeles and A Legacy of Giving

Isamu Noguchi

Fishface

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November 19, 03:00 PM GMT

Estimate

600,000 - 800,000 USD

Bid

500,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The Geri Brawerman Collection: A Tribute to Los Angeles and A Legacy of Giving

Isamu Noguchi

1904 - 1988


Fishface

black slate, in 6 parts

overall: 30 by 14 ½ by 8 ¾ in.

76.2 by 36.8 by 22.2 cm.

Executed in 1945.

Estate of the artist

Christian Humann Collection, New York

Gertrude Stein Gallery, New York

The Pace Gallery, New York

Joseph Zimmerman, New York

The Pace Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above in January 1992 by the present owner

New York, PaceWildenstein, 33 MacDougal Alley: The Interlocking Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, September - October 2003, no. 18, n.p., illustrated (bronze example exhibited)

Andrew Causey, “Sculptor of Gardens,” The Illustrated London News, 6 July 1968, p. 31, illustrated

Isamu Noguchi, Isamu Noguchi: A Sculptor’s World, New York and Evanston 1968, no. 190, n.p., illustrated

Nancy Grove and Diane Botnick, eds., The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi 1924-1979: A Catalogue, New York and London 1980, no. 221, p. 39 and n.p., illustrated

Ann Eden Gibson, Issues in Abstract Expressionism: The Artist-Run Periodicals. Studies in the Fine Arts: The Avant-Garde, No. 66, London 1990, no. 27, illustrated

Bruce Altschuler, Isamu Noguchi: Modern Masters Series, vol. 16, New York 1994, no. 51, p. 50, illustrated

Exh. Cat., Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Modern Art (and traveling), Isamu Noguchi and Rosanjin Kitaoji, March - October 1996, no. 2, p. 56, illustrated (in the artist's studio)

Exh. Cat., Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (and traveling), Isamu Noguchi: Master Sculptor, October 2004 - May 2005, p. 94, illustrated (in the artist's studio)

The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, The Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonné, no. 221 (online)