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    		• Noguchi, Isamu,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Gershwin, George
     
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    		• Performing Arts -- Music
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    George Gershwin, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988, sculptor.
    Title: 
    George Gershwin, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1929.
    Medium: 
    Bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    H. 15 3/4 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Bottom of neck in back:) GERSHWIN 1929 NOGUCHI signed
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Gershwin, George -- Head
    Performing Arts -- Music -- Composer
    Object Type: 
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Gershwin, Arthur, Mrs.,
    Remarks: 
    This portrait was one of seventeen exhibited by Noguchi in his first portrait show at the Marie Sterner Gallery in 1930; it was also shown that same year at the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art & the Arts Club of Chicago.
    References: 
    Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery, 1989, "Isamu Noguchi: Portrait Sculpture."
    Grove, Nancy & Diane Botnick, "The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979," New York: Garland Pub., 1980, no. 60.
    Illustration: 
    "Isamu Noguchi: Portrait Sculpture," National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1989, p.45.
    Grove, Nancy & Diane Botnick, "The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979," New York: Garland Pub., 1980, plate 60.
    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 87530007
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