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News, (sculpture). Artist:  Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988, sculptor. General Alloys Company, founder. Title:  News, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Associated Press Building Plaque, (sculpture). Dates:  Designed 1938. Cast 1939. Copyrighted 1939. Installed April 29, 1940. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: cast stainless steel. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 22 ft. x 17 ft. x 22 in. (10 tons). Inscription:  (Lower left corner:) ISAMU NOGUCHI/1940 signed Description:  Over entrance to building is a relief panel depicting five newsmen using various tools of their trade: writing pad, telephone, teletype, wirephoto, and camera. Subject:  Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Technology Figure group -- Male Occupation -- Writer -- Journalist Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Rockefeller Group, Corporate Communications Department, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020 Located Rockefeller Center, Associated Press Building entrance, between 50th & 51st streets, New York, New York Remarks:  This piece was the winner of an Associated Press Building sculpture competition. For related articles see: New York Times, April 30, 1940; Honolulu Star-Bulletin, May 16, 1940; "New York: News Panel by Noguchi," ArtNews (April 27, 1940); and "Noguchi Did This in Three Days; Won $1,000," Art Digest 13 (Oct. 15, 1938): pg. 15. IAS files contain copies of these four articles as well as a copy of the Associated Press article distributed on December 16, 1939 and an unidentified newspaper article. References:  Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery, 1989, "Isamu Noguchi: Portrait Sculpture." Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988. Grove, Nancy & Diane Botnick, "The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979," New York: Garland Pub., 1980, no. 163. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. "Isamu Noguchi: Portrait Sculpture," National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1989, pg. 21. Grove, Nancy & Diane Botnick, "The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979," New York: Garland Pub., 1980, plate 163. 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 87530140   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87530140 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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