Noguchi East and West

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University of California Press, 1993 - 331 pages
The life of the Japanese-American sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) was an unending spiritual and physical voyage between the two cultures of his birthright. In this definitive biography and critical study, Dore Ashton maps Noguchi's spiritual journey both in the events of his life and in the milestones of his art: the sculptures, gardens, public spaces, and stage decors that gained force and significance from his double heritage.
 

Contents

Introduction
3
Early WanderYears
21
The Search for Old Japan
33
Toward a Theater of Two Worlds
45
From Private to Public and Back
63
A Migratory Ulysses
81
A Crucial Journey
95
The Tradition of the Ever New and Ever Old
105
Paris and New York
141
The World in a Single Sculpture
157
Great Beginnings and Grand Projects
175
Cosmos out of Chaos
199
Toward the Resolution of Spaces
223
We Are a Landscape of All We Know
241
Chronology
299
Bibliography
315

Pilgrim and Missionary
123

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About the author (1993)

Dore Ashton is Professor of Art History at the Cooper Union and author or editor of 30 books on art and culture including The New York School: A Cultural Reckoning, A Critical Study of Philip Guston, and A Fable of Modern Art, available from University of California Press.

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