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==Notable works== {{More citations needed section|date=May 2020}} <!-- A definitive reference is the official online catalogue raisonnΓ©: https://archive.noguchi.org/CR/Index --> <!-- EDITORIAL NOTE: To add some structure, please order this list by YEAR of COMPLETION of the artwork --> [[File:104_0422.JPG|thumb|upright|''Heimar'' (1968), at the Billy Rose Sculpture Garden, [[Israel Museum]], Jerusalem, Israel]] * ''Martha Graham'' (1929), [[Honolulu Museum of Art]], Honolulu, Hawaii<ref>{{cite web |title=Martha Graham |url=https://archive.noguchi.org/Detail/artwork/9624 |website=The Noguchi Museum |access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref> * ''Tsuneko-san'' (1931), Honolulu Museum of Art * ''News'' (1938), [[50 Rockefeller Plaza]]<ref>{{cite book| last=Okrent| first=Daniel| author-link=Daniel Okrent| title=Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center| publisher=Penguin Books| year=2003| isbn=978-0142001776| access-date=March 6, 2014| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lO9OAAAAMAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| first=Christine| last=Roussel| title=The Art of Rockefeller Center| url=https://archive.org/details/guidetoartofr00chri| url-access=registration| location=New York| publisher=W.W. Norton & Company| date=May 17, 2006| isbn=978-0-3930-6082-9}}</ref> * ''Lunar Landscape'' (1943β44), now at [[Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Lunar Landscape |url=https://archive.noguchi.org/Detail/artwork/8604 |website=The Noguchi Museum |access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lunar Landscape (Woman) |url=https://archive.noguchi.org/Detail/artwork/5365 |website=The Noguchi Museum |access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref> * ''Coffee Table'' (1944), an iconic item of [[Mid-century Modern]] furniture<ref>{{cite web |title=Coffee Table |url=https://archive.noguchi.org/Detail/artwork/1206 |website=The Noguchi Museum |access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref> * ''Texas Sculpture'' (1960β1961), First National Bank of Fort Worth Plaza, Fort Worth, Texas<ref>{{cite web |title=Noguchi's Texas Sculpture Β· Isamu Noguchi |url=https://texassculpture.omeka.net/exhibits/show/noguchi-texas/intro |website=Texas Sculpture |publisher=Fort Worth Public Library |access-date=January 2, 2022 |archive-date=January 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102172102/https://texassculpture.omeka.net/exhibits/show/noguchi-texas/intro |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Decorative railings for a bridge in [[Hiroshima Peace Memorial|Peace Park]] (1951β1952), Hiroshima, Japan<ref>{{cite web |title=Hiroshima Bridge Railings; Hiroshima, Japan |url=https://archive.noguchi.org/Detail/artwork/467 |website=The Noguchi Museum |access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref> * ''666 Fifth Avenue Ceiling and Waterfall'', also known as ''Landscape of the Cloud'' (1956β1958), formerly in the lobby of [[666 Fifth Avenue]], New York City<ref>{{cite web |title=666 Fifth Avenue Ceiling and Waterfall |url=https://archive.noguchi.org/Detail/artwork/1916 |website=The Noguchi Museum |access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref> * ''Gardens for UNESCO'', [[UNESCO]] Headquarters (1956β1958), Paris, France<ref>{{cite web |title=Gardens for UNESCO |url=https://archive.noguchi.org/Detail/artwork/620 |website=The Noguchi Museum |access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref> *''[[Floor Frame]]'' (1962; castings from 1963 to 1987). A 1963 cast is displayed at [[White House Rose Garden|The White House Rose Garden]], in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{Cite web|title=First Lady Melania Trump Unveils Sculpture Installation in the White House Rose Garden|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/first-lady-melania-trump-unveils-sculpture-installation-white-house-rose-garden/|access-date=November 21, 2020|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=CNN>{{cite news|last=Yeung|first=Jessie|url=https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/isamu-noguchi-white-house-statue-intl-hnk-scli/index.html|archive-url=|title=Isamu Noguchi sculpture becomes White House's first artwork by an Asian American|date=23 November 2020|work=[[CNN]]|accessdate=11 February 2024|archivedate=}}</ref> * ''The Cry'' (1962), [[AlbrightβKnox Art Gallery]], Buffalo, New York * ''Sun'' (1963), [[Empire State Plaza#Art collection|The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Art Collection]], Albany, New York<ref>{{cite web |title=Sun |url=https://archive.noguchi.org/Detail/artwork/6020 |website=The Noguchi Museum |access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref> * ''Sunken Garden for [[Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library]]'' (1960β1964), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut<ref>{{Cite web|year=2006|title=Yale Alumni Magazine: Last Look|url=http://archives.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2006_01/lastlook.html|access-date=December 3, 2021|website=archives.yalealumnimagazine.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sunken Garden for Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library |url=https://archive.noguchi.org/Detail/artwork/732 |website=The Noguchi Museum |access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref> * ''Sunken Garden for [[28 Liberty Street|Chase Manhattan Bank Plaza]]'' (1961β1964), New York City<ref>{{cite web |title=Sunken Garden, Chase Manhattan Bank Plaza |url=https://archive.noguchi.org/Detail/artwork/759 |website=The Noguchi Museum |access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref> * ''Gardens for [[IBM]] Headquarters'' (1964), Armonk, New York<ref>{{cite web |title=Gardens for IBM Headquarters, Armonk, NY |url=https://archive.noguchi.org/Detail/artwork/892 |website=The Noguchi Museum |access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref> * ''[[Billy Rose]] Sculpture Garden'' (1960β1965), [[Israel Museum]], Jerusalem<ref>{{cite web |title=Billy Rose Sculpture Garden |url=https://archive.noguchi.org/Detail/artwork/737 |website=The Noguchi Museum |access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref> * ''Children's Land'' (1965β1966), a temporary children's playground for ''Kodomo no Kuni'', Yokohama, Japan<ref>{{cite web |title=Playground for Kodomo No Kuni |url=https://archive.noguchi.org/Detail/artwork/904 |website=The Noguchi Museum |access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref> * ''Red Cube'' (1968), [[Marine Midland Building|HSBC Building]], New York City * [[Octetra]] (1968), [[Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art]]. It was first located near [[Spoleto Cathedral]]<ref>[http://www.kunstaspekte.de/index.php?tid=9432&action=termin Peggy Guggenheim Collection β Venedig]</ref> It is an abstract painted concrete sculpture.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moderndesigninterior.com/2012/03/isamu-noguchi-octetra.html |access-date=June 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314100357/http://www.moderndesigninterior.com/2012/03/isamu-noguchi-octetra.html|title=Isamu Noguchi Octetra |archive-date=March 14, 2012 }}</ref> * ''Untitled Red (1965β66)'', [[Honolulu Museum of Art]] * ''Sky Viewing Sculpture'' (1969), [[Western Washington University Public Sculpture Collection]], Bellingham, Washington * ''[[Black Sun (sculpture)|Black Sun]]'' (1969), [[Volunteer Park (Seattle)|Volunteer Park]], Seattle, Washington * ''[[Expo '70]] Fountains'', Osaka, Japan<ref>{{cite web |title=Expo '70 Fountains |url=https://archive.noguchi.org/Detail/artwork/2222 |website=The Noguchi Museum |access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref> * ''Twin Sculptures, Bayerische Vereinsbank, Munich'' (1970β1972), Munich, Germany<ref>{{cite web |title=Twin Sculptures, Bayerische Vereins Bank, Munich |url=https://archive.noguchi.org/Detail/artwork/2279 |website=The Noguchi Museum |access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref> * ''[[Playscapes]], Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia'' (1975β1976), a children's playground in Atlanta, Georgia * ''Intetra'' (1976), [[Society of the Four Arts]], Palm Beach, Florida * ''Portal'' (1976), [[Justice Center Complex]], Cleveland, Ohio * ''Sky Gate'' (1976β1977), [[Honolulu Hale]], Honolulu, Hawaii * ''Dodge Fountain'' (1972β1979) and [[Hart Plaza|Philip A. Hart Plaza]] in Detroit, Michigan (created in collaboration with [[Shoji Sadao]]) * ''Untitled'' (1981), [[obsidian]] and wood sculpture, [[Honolulu Museum of Art]] * California Scenario and ''Spirit of the Lima Bean'' (1980β1982), Noguchi Garden, Costa Mesa, California<ref name="NM">{{cite web |title=Spirit of the Lima Bean |url=https://archive.noguchi.org/Detail/artwork/8322 |website=Noguchi Museum |access-date=July 5, 2023}}</ref> * ''To the Issei'' (1980-1983), Noguchi Plaza, Los Angeles, California<ref name="JNM">{{cite web |title=Contrasting Elements: A Guided Tour of Isamu Noguchi's To the Issei and California Scenario with Prof. Amy Lyford and Prof. Bert Winther-Tamaki Share |url=https://www.janm.org/events/2006-04-22/contrasting-elements-guided-tour-isamu-noguchis-issei-and-california-scenario |website=Japanese American National Museum |access-date=July 5, 2023}}</ref> * ''[[Bolt of Lightning (sculpture)|Bolt of Lightning...A Memorial to Benjamin Franklin]]'' (conceived 1933, installed 1984), [[Franklin Square (Philadelphia)|Franklin Square]], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * ''Constellation for Louis Kahn'' (1983), [[Kimbell Art Museum]], Fort Worth, Texas * ''[[Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden]]'' (1986) for the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Houston]], Texas * [[Bayfront Park]] (1980β1996), Miami, Florida * [[Moerenuma Park]] (2004), Sapporo, Japan His final project was the design for Moerenuma Park, a {{convert|400|acre|adj=on}} park in Sapporo, Japan. Designed in 1988 shortly before his death, it was completed by Noguchi's partner, Shoji Sadao, and Architects 5. It opened to the public in 2004.
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