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ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)
Black and Blue
signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'Black and Blue 1959-80 Isamu Noguchi SPECIAL PROOF A/B' (on a metal plaque affixed to the back of the blue element); titled again and dated again 'Black + Blue 1959-80 SPECIAL PROOF B/B' (on a metal plaque affixed to the back of the black element)
aluminum, electrostatic paint, polyurethane paint, in two parts
larger element: 93 x 2534 x 2214 in. (236.2 x 65.4 x 56.5 cm.)
smaller element: 13 x 4412 x 34 3/8 in. (33 x 113 x 87.3 cm.)
Executed in 1959-1980. Published by Gemini G.E.L in 1980.
Provenance
John and Kimiko Powers, New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
D. Botnick and N. Grove, The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979: A Catalogue, New York and London, 1980, pp. 85, 206, 214. no. 485B (another example illustrated; catalogued as Interior Landscape).
Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, The Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. 485B (illustrated).
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