Lekythos

Object Details

Provenance

Stable Gallery, New York, to 20 May 1959

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 20 May 1959-17 May 1966

Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Exhibition History

STABLE GALLERY, New York. Isamu Noguchi, 29 April-30 May 1959, no. 34.

SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection, 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 354, ill. p. 180.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Direct Carving in Modern Sculpture: Selections from the Museum's Collection, 6 October-27 November 1983, no. 33.

JANE VOORHEES ZIMMERLI ART MUSEUM, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Asian Traditions/Modern Expressions, 23 March-31 July 1997. Tour: CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER, Chicago,Illinois, 6 September-2 November 1997; JAPANESE-AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM, Los Angeles, California, 10 December 1997-14 February 1998; ?, Walnut Creek, California, 16 April-4 June 1998. (Tour extended to: KAOHSIUNG MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Taiwan, 1998; ?, Taipei, 19 December 1998-21 March 1999; MARUGAME GENICHIRO INOKUMA MUSEUM, Japan, 10 April-30 May 1999; AKITA SENSHU MUSUEM, Japan, 12 August-30 September; FUKUOKA ASIAN ART MUSEUM, Japan, 23 October-5 December.)

ARTHUR M. SACKLER GALLERY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, D.C. "Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics," 4 May - 7 September 2003. TOUR: JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM, Los Angeles, CA, February - 30 May 2004.

Published References

TILLIM, SIDNEY. "In the Galleries," Isamu Noguchi," Arts 33 (June 1959): 55.

SCHWARTZ, MARVIN D. "News and Views from New York," Apollo 70 (August 1959): 34.

NOGUCHI, ISAMU. A Sculptor's World (New York: Harper & Row, 1968): ill. 88 (installation view of Stable Gallery exhibition).

GROVE, NANCY, and DIANE BOTNICK. The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979: A Catalogue. (New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1980): no. 443, p. 78.

SWEENEY, JAMES. "Hirshhorn Sculpture Show Cuts Fine Figures," The Journal (8 November 1983): n.p., ill.

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Artist

Isamu Noguchi, American, b. Los Angeles, California, 1904–1988

Date

1958

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Medium

Marble

Dimensions

13 X 4 3/8 X 4 3/8 IN. (33.0 X 11.0 X 11.1 CM.) WT. 21 LB. (9.5 KG.)

Type

Sculpture