3.22.2011

isamu noguchi ceramics

Isamu Noguchi
Late 40s
with
"The Queen"
1931

I saw this exhibition
7 years ago in NYC at the Japan Society,
and somehow didn't buy the catalog.
Well, I bought it a few days ago
and it is great!
I love me some Noguchi,
(Man Crush!)
and not a lot of
the regular folks know that he was 
heavily involved in ceramics
since the 1930s.

Isamu Noguchi
"The Queen"
1931

Isamu Noguchi ceramic works in progress in
Uno Ninmatsu's workshop
Kyoto
1931

Isamu Noguchi
"Journey"
1950

Isamu Noguchi
"My Mu"
1950

Isamu Noguchi
Installation view of his solo exhibition at
Mitsukoshi Department Store
Tokyo
1950

Isamu Noguchi
Installing his solo exhibition 
Mitsukoshi Department Store
Tokyo
1950

Isamu Noguchi
Working in his studio.
Kita Kamakura.
1950

Isamu Noguchi
"Bell Child"
1950

Haniwa known as
"Dancing Man"
7th Century

Isamu Noguchi with his calligraphy of
Yone Noguchi's poem
"Kane ga naru"
1950

Isamu Noguchi
"Hot Day"
1950

Isamu Noguchi and Yamaguchi Yoshiko
Kita Kamakura
1952

Isamu Noguchi and Yamaguchi Yoshiko
Washington D.C.
1955

Isamu Noguchi
"Marriage"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Yoshiko-san"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Big Boy" and "Small Child"
1952

Announcement for the exhibition
"Noguchi Terracottas"
Stable Gallery
NYC
1954

Isamu Noguchi
Interior view of his studio in Kita Kamakura.
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Vase"
1950

Isamu Noguchi
"Policeman"
1950

Isamu Noguchi
"Daruma"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Mr. One Man"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Buson"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Work"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Even the Centipede"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Tiger"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
Working on a ceramic sculpture in his studio.
Kita Kamakura.
1950

Isamu Noguchi
Installation view of his exhibition at the
Museum of Modern Art
Kamakura
1952

Poster for Isamu Noguchi's exhibition at the
Museum of Modern Art
Kamakura
1952
(Calligraphy by Rosanjin)

Isamu Noguchi
"Curtain of Dream"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Dish"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Dish"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Dish"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Dish"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Dish"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Dish"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"The Primative"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Three-Legged Vase"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Three-Legged Vase"
1952

Ikebana by Teshigahara Sofu in
"Three-Legged Vase"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Vase"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Vase"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Tripod Vase"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
Ikebana in
"Cage Vase"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"War"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
Ikebana by Teshigahara Sofu in
"Lonely Tower"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Lonely Tower"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Large Square Vase"
1952

Isamu Noguchi
"Cat"
1952
(Destroyed 1955)

Isamu Noguchi
1955
"Face Dish (Me)"
1952

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11 comments:

  1. i think maybe you're man enough to just have a regular old unqualified crush - if people were gonna think you were gay, it might be more because of your love of ceramics that that you were into noguchi...

    just sayin...

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  2. love his work! thank you- get collection of his ceramics!
    you should check out his catalog from '96 with rosanjin kitaoji

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  3. All I know is that I am gay for Noguchi and gay for ceramics for sure!

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  4. Carnevale Clay, thanks for the tip, will do.....

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  5. wonderful.
    man that ikebana in lonely tower kills me.

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  6. would love to have a Mu of my own. or that Tripod Vase. Quite something!

    a

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  7. p. thanks for all the pics.
    he had a thing with frida kahlo - hopefully her fat hubby rivera didnt find out in time .. he would have made such a vase out of isamu...

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  8. "even the centipede" totem is at MoMA right now

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  9. love the studio in Kita Kamakura shot! and the cage vase...so good!

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  10. noguchi crush yes!
    I allso love his work, thanks for posting this, some there that I hadn´t seen before!

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  11. Quel MAGNIFIQUE post....
    Un régal absolu...
    Thank You !

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