Word: noguchi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Isamu Noguchi . . . You killed him! You killed...
...Connecticut General plant, with its module of six feet carried throughout, its sweeping 470-ft. glass façade, cantilevered restaurant, airy, uncolumned work space, four tranquil yet exciting interior courts by Japanese Sculptor Isamu Noguchi, and separate executive block, is Bunshaft's bold merger of his principles with the company's needs...
...swarm of landscape gardeners and foresters came in, built an artificial lake to highlight the building. To adorn the setting Sculptor Noguchi chiseled a brooding group of druidical forms, which President Wilde likes but frankly calls "a puzzlement." For the interiors, pert, petite Florence Knoll of Knoll Associates furnished new chairs and desks designed to help tradition-bound insurance executives relax in 12-ft.-by-12-ft. offices surrounded by chrome and bold, cheery fabrics...
...that take shape only at a distance. Other exceptional works were George Grosz's "Night-mare," Mitchell Siporin's "The Gallery," and Max Weber's "Flute Player." William Kienbush received honorable mention for his competent "Coast of Baker Island." The sculpture choices, however, were poor on the whole; Isamu Noguchi's "The Ring" was by far the best item...
...Paris will be as international as UNESCO. Britain's Sculptor Henry Moore will do a figure for the main piazza, and French Jean Arp will do a bas-relief for the library. Spain's Joan Miro will also do a mural, and Manhattan's Isamu Noguchi will contribute a couple of oriental gardens complete with his own abstract sculptures and an Alexander Calder mobile. In addition, two leading designers, Herbert Bayer of the U.S. and Nizzoli of Italy, have been commissioned to handle interior design, with an area of supervision extending from wall colors down to letterheads...