Martha Graham Dance Theatre, (sculpture).

Martha Graham Dance Theatre, (sculpture).

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988, sculptor.

Martha Graham Dance Theatre, (sculpture).

Plastic, wood, and wire.

10 x 24 x 24 in.

A model for a circular theatre with a geodesic dome as the roof.

Architecture -- Civic -- Theater

Homage -- Fuller, Buckminster

Homage -- Graham, Martha

Administered by Isamu Noguchi Foundation, 32-37 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, New York 11106

Located Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, 32-37 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, New York 11106

An unrealized model for a theatre and museum for Martha Graham, intended for a 100 x 100 foot lot. According to Noguchi, the design was, "my double homage to Martha and to my friend Buckminster Fuller, whose geometry I used for the dome."

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. 754.

Grove, Nancy & Diane Botnick, "The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979," New York: Garland Pub., 1980, plate 754.

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