Isamu Noguchi

Isamu Noguchi was born in Los Angeles in 1904. After winning one of the first Guggenheim fellowships in 1927, Noguchi travelled to Paris where he worked for six months as a studio assistant to the sculptor, Constantin Brancusi. He is best known for his abstract sculptures designed as adjuncts to architecture. In the 40's Noguchi produced several pieces of furniture for Knoll and Herman Miller that have since become modern classics. He designed a popular biomorphic coffee table for Herman Miller in 1945 which was supposedly a variation on a reclaimed earlier design of his. Noguchi was best known for sculpture, but he worked in many other media, including painting, ceramics, interior design, and architecture. His fountains grace several cities, and in every work, he remained deeply attuned to his material and sensitive to its connection to nature and to society.

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