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Herodiade: Chair, (sculpture). Artist:  Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988, sculptor. Title:  Herodiade: Chair, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Chair, (sculpture). Dates:  1944. Medium:  Painted wood. Dimensions:  40 x 16 x 26 in. Description:  One of four elements of a stage set which depicts the dressing room of Salome in old age. This piece is an abstract depiction of a chair, which suggests a skeleton and is made up of flat, interlocking shapes. According to Noguchi, "the chair acts as an extension of her vertebrae." Subject:  Abstract Object -- Furniture -- Chair Architecture interior -- Domestic -- Bedroom Figure female -- Fragment -- Skeleton Religion -- New Testament -- Salome Allegory -- Life -- Old Age Object Type:  Stage set Sculpture Owner:  Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, 316 East 63rd Street, New York, New York 10021 Remarks:  One of four elements of a stage set for a dance piece choreographed by Martha Graham. See Noguchi, "The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum," for remarks on the set. References:  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. 213B. Illustration:  Grove, Nancy & Diane Botnick, "The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979," New York: Garland Pub., 1980, plate 213A-D. 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 87560821   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87560821 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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