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Research and Resources - Bibliography of Writings by and About Isamu Noguchi

1922-1936 | 1937-1951 | 1952-1966 | 1967-1981 | 1982-1995 | 1996-2006

Selected Periodical Literature


1937

Lowe, Jeanette. " Detroit Sees the Chrysler Modern Art Collection." Art News 36 (October 2, 1937) p. 14.

"Art for Chinas Sake." New York Times (December 12, 1937) p. E2.


1938

Sweeney, James Johnson. "Lart contemporain aux Štats-Unis." Cahiers dArt (1938) pp. 45-68.

Harris, Ruth Greene. "Art in Our Daily Lives." New York Times (May 1, 1938) p. 10.

"Zeniths Radio Nurse." Radio News 19 (June 1938) p. 46.

"Radio Nurse." Modern Plastics (June 15, 1938) p. 94.

"Role of Sculpture in Modern Life." London Studio (July 1938) pp. 30-38.

"Art Panel Chosen for Associated Press Building." New York Times (October 10, 1938) p. 21.

"Press Symbol for New Associated Press Building." New York Times (October 11, 1938).

"Noguchi Did This in Three Days; Won $1,000." Art Digest 13 (October 15, 1938) p. 15.

"Art Note." Newsweek (October 24, 1938) p. 32.

"Rockefeller Center Award." Magazine of Art 31 (November 1938) p. 660.

"First Award." Modern Plastics (November 1938).

Hamlin, Talbot. "Contemporary Architectural Sculpture in America." Pencil Points 19 (December 1938) pp. 767-774.


1939 "

A Modern Fountain." Design 40 (February 1939).

"Cream of All Art to be Worlds Fair Exhibit." New York Times (February 12, 1939) p. 46.


1940

Moore, Dorothy Lefferts. "Painters and Sculptors in Crystal." American Magazine of Art 53 (January 13, 1940) pp. 34-35, 61-62.

Lowe, Jeanette. "Living Artists on Glass." Art News 38 (January 13, 1940) pp. 7-8.

"News Panel by Noguchi." Art News 38 (April 27, 1940) pp. 22-23.

"Huge Plaque Symbolizing Press Freedom is Unveiled at Associated Press Building." New York Times (April 30, 1940) p. 12.

"Ten-Ton Plaque." Rockefeller Center Magazine (May 1940).

"Stainless Sculpture." New York Times (May 5, 1940) p. 2.

"Big Plaque." Time (May 6, 1940) p. 44.

"Isamu Noguchi Arrives Tomorrow." Honolulu Star-Bulletin (May 7, 1940).

"Isamu Noguchi Sculptor, Here for Special Work." Honolulu Star-Bulletin (May 8, 1940).

Crost, Lyn. "Noguchi, Famed Sculptor, Began Career as Doctor." Advertiser (May 9, 1940).

"Noguchi Speaks." Honolulu Star-Bulletin (May 10, 1940).

"At the Honolulu Academy of Arts." Honolulu Star-Bulletin (May 11, 1940).

"Sculptor Noguchi Plans Work Here." Honolulu Star-Bulletin (May 11, 1940).

"Isamu Noguchi." Advertiser (May 12, 1940).

"Drawings, Sculpture." Honolulu Star-Bulletin (May 12, 1940).

"Art Speaks Own Language, Noguchi Says at Academy." Honolulu Star-Bulletin (May 13, 1940).

Lawson, Edna B. "Three Continents Influence Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi." Advertiser (May 14, 1940).

"Noguchi Exhibit Opens." Nippu Jiji (May 14, 1940).

"News in Steel." Art Digest 14 (May 15, 1940) p. 12.

"Artist to be Complimented at Reception." Advertiser (May 16, 1940).

"Freedom of Press is Theme at A.P. Building." Honolulu Star-Bulletin (May 16, 1940).

"Honolulu Academy of Arts." Honolulu Star-Bulletin (May 18, 1940).

"Isamu Noguchi Complimented at Aloha Parties." Honolulu Star-Bulletin (May 18, 1940).

"Reception at Art Academy Honors Artist." Honolulu Star-Bulletin (May 18, 1940).

"At Reception Tea for Sculptor." Honolulu Star-Bulletin (May 20, 1940).

"Noguchi is Ill; Lecture Canceled." Honolulu Star-Bulletin (May 22, 1940).

"At the Honolulu Academy of Fine Arts." Honolulu Star Bulletin (May 25, 1940).

"At Academy Tea and Reception." Advertiser (May 26, 1940).

"Noguchi Talk." Advertiser (May 26, 1940).

"Sculptor Honored." Honolulu Star-Bulletin (May 26, 1940).

Hollingsworth, Louise. "Galleries -- In and Out." Honolulu Star-Bulletin (June 1, 1940).

"Noguchi Show." Advertiser (June 2, 1940).

"At the Honolulu Academy of Fine Arts." Honolulu Star-Bulletin (June 8, 1940).

"Mr. Noguchi is Honored." Advertiser (July 7, 1940).

"Playground Equipment." Architectural Forum 72 (October 1940) p. 245.


1942

"Evacuee Shows Sculptures for Democracy at San Francisco Museum." Peoples World (1942).

Frankenstein, Alfred. "From Bolivia - Via the Palace Hotel." San Francisco Chronicle (July 12, 1942) p. 16.


1943 Noguchi, Isamu. "Trouble Among Japanese-Americans." New Republic 108 (February 1, 1943) p. 142.

1944

Martin, John. "The Dance: Washington Festival." New York Times (November 5, 1944).


1945

Reed, Judith Kaye. "Noguchi sets the Stage for Martha Graham." Art Digest 20 (June. 1, 1945) p. 13.

(Untitled). House & Garden (July 1945).


1946

"Hawaiis Noguchi." Art News (January 1, 1946) p. 10.

Reed, Judith Kaye. "Art on Stage." Art Digest 20 (February 1, 1946) p. 10.

Hess, Thomas. "The Whitney Draws Slowly to the Left." Art News 45 (March 1946).

"Exhibits." Architectural Forum 84 (March 1946) p. 198.

Noguchi, Isamu. "Cover." View (Fall 1946).

Tyler, Parker. "Fourteen Minus One." View (Fall 1946) pp. 35-37.

Gibbs, Jo. "Fourteen Moderns at the Modern." Art Digest 20 (September 1946) pp. 5, 30.

Hess, Thomas B. "An Art Contemporary Contour: Isamu Noguchi, 46." Art News 7 (September 1946) p. 34-38.

Louchheim, Aline. "The Favored Few." Art News 7 (September 1946) pp. 14-17, 51-52.

"Noguchi ... Devoting Considerable Thought to Community Planning." Harpers Bazaar (October 1946) p. 250.

"Japanese-American Sculptor Shows Off Weird New Works." Life (November 11, 1946) pp. 12-13,15.


1947

Horan, Robert. "The Recent Theatre of Martha Graham."  Dance Index (January 1947) pp. 4-22.

"Portraits." Style en France (January/February/March 1947) p. 28.

Hayakawa, S.I. "The Society for Contemporary American Art." Art Institute of Chicago Bulletin 41 (March 1947) pp. 34-36.

Jewell, Edward Allen. "In an Abstract Vein." New York Times (March 2, 1947) p. 2.

Terry, Walter. "Graham, Hawkins, Bettis Offer New Dances of Varying Worth." New York Herald Tribune (March 9, 1947).

"Art and Current Ballet." New York Times (March 30, 1947) p. 2.

Sabine, Robert. "Martha Graham and Her Company Giver Repertory Season." Dance Observer (April 1947) pp. 43-44.

"Sculpture and Glass." New York Times (April 7, 1947) p. 2.

Danes, Gibson. "Architectural Sculpture Today." American Magazine of Art 40 (May 1947) p. 171-175.

Kaufmann, Edgar. "Sculptor-Designed Table." Art News 46 (May 1947) p. 36.

"Movie Story." Architectural Forum (October 1947) pp. 13-14.

Blackshear, Kathleen. "Abstract and Surrealist American Art." Art Institute of Chicago Bulletin (December 1947) pp. 86-89.


1948

"Sculptor Noguchi Designs Free-Form Tables." House & Garden (January 1948) p. 82.

"Exhibit." Architectural Forum (February 1948) p. 58.

Martin,John. "The Dance: Noguchi." New York Times (February 29, 1948).

M.M. "Reviews: Art on the High Seas." Architectural Forum (April 1948) p. 152.

van Weeren-Griek, Hans. "Woodstock Conference." Art Digest (September 1948) p. 31.

"Progress in St. Louis - the American Stove Company." Architectural Forum (October 1948) pp. 70-79.

"Noguchi." Dance (October 1948).


1949

"Ship in Distress." New Yorker (January 22, 1949).

de Kooning, Elaine. " Noguchi." Art News 48 (March 1949) p. 52.

Noguchi, Isamu. "Meanings in Modern Sculpture." Art News 48 (March 1949) pp. 12-15, 55-56.

"In the Showroom." Interiors (March 1949) pp. 130-131.

Noguchi, Isamu. "Noguchi Defines the Nature and Enormous Potential Importance of Sculpture - 'The Art of Spaces'." Interiors 109 (March 1949) pp. 118-123.

             . "From an Interview with Isamu Noguchi." The League Quarterly (Spring 1949) pp. 8-9.

             ."Towards a Reintegration of the Arts." College Art Journal 9 (Autumn 1949) pp. 59-60.

"A Stress on Space." New York Times (March 6, 1949) p. 2.

Reed, Judith Kaye. "Experiments of the Inventive Noguchi." Art Digest 23 (March 15, 1949) p. 12.

Greenberg, Clement. "Art." Nation (March 19, 1949) pp. 341-342.

S.K. "Free Form for Furniture." Architectural Digest (April 1949) p. 212.

"Deskey to South America. Modern Art Goes to Sea." Fortune (June 1949) pp. 94-98.

"Only in the USA." House & Garden (July 1949) p. 29.

"Modern Furniture." Interiors 108 (July 1949) p. 111.

Fremantle, Christopher. "New York Contemporary." Studio (July 1949) p. 30.

Louchheim, Aline. "A New Kind of Trophy." New York Times (July 10, 1949) p. 2.

"New Design: Art in an Odd Place." Interiors (September 1949) p. 18.

Brumme, C. Ludwig. "Contemporary Sculpture: A Renaissance." Magazine of Art (October 1949) pp. 212-217.


1950

Bouverie, D. Pleydell. "Demountable Table by Noguchi." Architectural Review (February 1950) p. 135.

La Farge, Henry. "Ruisdael to Pissarro to Noguchi." Art News (March 1950) p. 32.

Noguchi, Isamu. "Art and the People." Mainichi (June 16, 1950).

Taniguchi. "Exhibition of Isamu Noguchi." Art Note (Bijutso Techo) (October 1950) pp. 20-22.

(Untitled). Industrial Art News 18 (October 1950).

Noguchi, Isamu. "Isamu Noguchi." Arts & Architecture (November 1950) pp. 24-27.

Wada. "Isamu Noguchi." Atelier (November 1950) p. 46-51.

Drexler, Arthur. "Lightning Restudied." Interiors (November 1950) pp. 117-121.


1951

_______. "Astronomical City." Portfolio (1951). Noguchi's photographs of astronomical gardens of Jai Singh II in Jaipur and Delhi, India.

"Noguchi, Traveling Sculptor Pauses in Japan." Interiors 110/9 (April 1951) pp. 140-145.

Preston, Stuart. "Museum Shows Architectural Art." New York Times (June 24, 1951) p. 2.

(Title in Japanese) Readers Digest 26 (September 1951).

Louchheim, Aline B. "Noguchi and Sculptured Gardens." New York Times (September 30, 1951) p. X9.

Genauer, Emily. "Modern Art and the Ballet." Theatre Arts (October 1951) pp. 156, 75-77.

"United Nations Agrees to Plan by Moses for Playground on its Site." Journal American (October 7, 1951).

Louchheim, Aline B.,  "United Nations Rejects Model Playground: Moses Project is Accepted Instead." New York Times (October 7, 1951) p. 1.

"Louchheim, Aline B. "United Nations Turns Down Funds for Super Playground." Courier Journal (October 9, 1951).


 



 

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