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