Sky Gate, (sculpture).

Sky Gate, (sculpture).

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988, sculptor.

Watson, Charles, 1915- , contractor.

Daniels, Craig, fabricator.

Patterson-Leitch Company, fabricator.

Steel Company, founder.

Hawaiian Crane and Rigging, contractor.

Sky Gate, (sculpture).

1976-1977. Copyrighted 1977. Dedicated April 20, 1977.

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Sculpture: painted steel pipe; Base: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 27 x 42 x 42 ft. (15 tons).

(In raised letters on leg:) (copyright symbol) 1977 Isamu Noguchi signed

An abstract sculpture made of pipe, with three legs slanting inward and joined at the top by a curving loop. Color is matte black.

Abstract -- Geometric

Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Honolulu

Administered by City and County of Honolulu, Mayor's Office on Culture and the Arts, 530 South King Street, Room 404, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

Located Honolulu Municipal Building, Civic Center lawn, near 650 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii

Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $50,000 given in 1975 to the City and County of Honolulu. The sculpture was also funded through the One Percent for Art in Public Buildings program. The cost was $120,000. Fabrication by Patterson-Leith, Craig Daniels, fabricator coordinator; construction by Hawaiian Crane and Rigging, Charles (Chuck) Watson, coordinator. IAS files contain related newsclippings from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Dec. 25, 1975, pg. C3, 7; Star-Bulletin, Nov. 25, 1976, A20; the Honululu Advertiser April 21, 1977, pg. A3; and Hawaii Architecture, July 1992, pg. 8-10. IAS files also contain a brochure highlighting the sculpture. For additional reading, see Honolulu Star-Bulletin, June 5, 1975, E7:1.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Hawaii survey, 1993.

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. 757.

Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002.

Grove, Nancy & Diane Botnick, "The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979," New York: Garland Pub., 1980, plate 757.

For model see: 87560757.

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