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Red Cube, (sculpture). Artist:  Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988, sculptor. Bunshaft, Gordon, 1909- , architect. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, architectural firm. Title:  Red Cube, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Rhombohedron, (sculpture). Dates:  1967. Installed March 1968. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: welded steel plate and polished aluminum, painted. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 24 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A red-painted cube that is actually a rhombohedron (a six-sided figure whose opposite sides are parallel at oblique angles). The cube is balanced on one corner. A circular hole about five feet in diameter, lined with polished aluminum, penetrates the center of the rhombohedron from the low northwest face to the high southeast face. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Helmsley-Spear, 60 East 42nd Street, New York, New York 10007 Located HSBC Group, 140 Broadway, Entrance plaza, New York, New York 10005 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Marine Midland Bank, 140 Broadway, Entrance plaza, New York, New York 10005 Remarks:  Commissioned by the 140 Broadway Company. Noguchi's cube is the result of his collaboration with Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill. For related articles see: "Down-to-Earth Tower," Forum (April 1968): pg. 39-44; and Senie, Harriet, "Urban Sculpture: Cultural Tokens or Ornaments to Life?" ArtNews 78 (Sept 1979): pg. 108-114. IAS files contain a copy of both articles. References:  Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 27. Noguchi, Isamu, "The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum," New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum), 1987. Grove, Nancy & Diane Botnick, "The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979," New York: Garland Pub., 1980, no. 648. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. Grove, Nancy & Diane Botnick, "The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979," New York: Garland Pub., 1980, plate 648. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 87560624   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87560624 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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