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Model for Riverside Drive Playground, (sculpture). Artist:  Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988, sculptor. Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974, architect. Tallix, founder. Title:  Model for Riverside Drive Playground, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Model for Levy Memorial Playground, (sculpture). Dates:  1961-1966. Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  5 1/2 x 67 1/2 x 19 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A playground model showing various activity areas including a circular amphitheatre. Subject:  Architecture -- Other -- Playground Abstract -- Geometric Architecture -- Civic -- Theater Object Type:  Model Sculpture Owner:  Yoshii, Kazuhito, 110 Hudson Street, 9B, New York, New York 10013 Provenance:  Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, New York Sale 5843 (May 3, 1989), lot 204. Formerly in the collection of Conway, Thomas C., 131 Perry Street, New York, New York 10004 Gift of Noguchi, Isamu, Jan 1, 1986. Remarks:  A model for an unrealized park intended for Riverside Drive in Manhattan. According to the Isamu Noguchi Foundation this piece was the largest and most complete model for this project. This is one of three bronze casts. Scale: 1/16 in. = 1 ft. See Noguchi, "The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum," for the artist's comments. References:  Isamu Noguchi Foundation, 1992. Noguchi, Isamu, "The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum," New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum), 1987. Illustration:  Sotheby Parke Bernet, Sale 5843, (May 3, 1989), lot 204. 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 66530099   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 66530099 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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