Isamu Noguchi (野口 勇, Noguchi Isamu, November 17, 1904 – December 30, 1988) was a prominent Japanese American artist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward. Known for his sculpture and public works, Noguchi also designed stage sets for various Martha Graham productions, and several mass-produced lamps and furniture pieces, some of which are still manufactured and sold.In 1947, Noguchi began a collaboration with the Herman Miller company, when he joined with George Nelson, Paul László and Charles Eames to produce a catalog containing what is often considered to be the most influential body of modern furniture ever produced, including the iconic Noguchi table which remains in production today. His work lives on around the world and at the Noguchi Museum in New York City.
He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1987 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
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Five of his sculptures are featured on a sheet of USA 37¢ commemorative postage stamps, issued 18 May 2004. On the selvage at the left of the stamps is a photograph of Noguchi taken in 1952 by Eliot Elisofon.
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His mother, Leonie Gilmour, and father, Yone Noguchi, never married.
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Abstract sculptor and theatre set designer.
Set Decorator
Title
Year
Status
Character
Night Journey
1960
Documentary short settings
Appalachian Spring
1958
TV Movie settings
Production Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Errand in the Maze
1984
TV Movie documentary
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Visual Variations on Noguchi
1945
Short sculptures - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Two Men of Storm King
2005
Video documentary
Himself
American Masters
1997
TV Series documentary
Himself
Errand in the Maze
1984
TV Movie documentary
Interviewee
The Creative Adventures of Isamu Noguchi
1980
Video documentary
Himself
Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World
1978
Documentary
Himself
Portrait of Isamu Noguchi
1974
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The World at War
1973
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Japanese-American 1941
Isamu Noguchi
1972
Documentary short
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Suicide of Dorothy Hale
2017
Documentary filming
Himself
Brush with Life: The Art of Being Edward Biberman
2007
Documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Errand in the Maze (1984) as Production Designer
Isamu Noguchi (1972) as Himself
The Creative Adventures of Isamu Noguchi (1980) as Himself
Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World (1978) as Himself
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