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    Isamu Noguchi was a prominent Japanese American artist and landscape architect. Some of his notable accomplishments include winning the Logan Medal of the Arts from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1963, the Gold Medal from the Architectural League of New York in 1965, and the National Medal of Arts in 1987. He created sculptures and furniture designs and his artistic career spanned six decades from the 1920s onwards.

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    Isamu Noguchi was a prominent Japanese American artist and landscape architect. Some of his notable accomplishments include winning the Logan Medal of the Arts from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1963, the Gold Medal from the Architectural League of New York in 1965, and the National Medal of Arts in 1987. He created sculptures and furniture designs and his artistic career spanned six decades from the 1920s onwards.

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    Isamu Noguchi at his 1950 Mitsukoshi Department Store exhibition,

    seated on prototype chair design in front of his chalk board drawing with
    poem by his father, Yone Noguchi. Photo: Jun Miki.

    Isamu Noguchi (November 17, 1904 – December 30, 1988) was a


    prominent Japanese American artist and landscape architect whose artis-
    tic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward.

    Awards: Logan Medal of the arts (Art Institute of Chicago), 1963; Gold
    Medal, Architectural League of New York, 1965; Brandeis Creative Arts
    Award, 1966; Gold Medal (American Academy of Arts and Letters),
    1977; Order of the Sacred Treasure; National Medal of Arts (1987)
    Coffee Table, 1944, glass top and wood base manufactured by the Herman Miller Furniture

    Free form sofa and companion piece, c.1948. Manufactured by the Herman Miller Furniture Company.

    Isamu Noguchi
    Peking Brush Drawing by Isamu Noguchi, ink on paper, 1930. Collection
    of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation, Inc.

    Prismatic Table, c.1957. Folded sheet aluminium. Collection Vitra Design Museum.

    Worksheet for Sculpture (Strange Bird). Collection of the Isamu Noguchi


    Foundation, Inc.

    Cyclone dining and side tables, c.1954. Manufactured by KnollStudio.

    Isamu Noguchi

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