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    Tsukuru, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988, sculptor.
    Tange, Kenzo, 1913-2005, architect.
    Title: 
    Tsukuru, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    To Build, (sculpture).
    Ikiru, (sculpture).
    To Live, (sculpture).
    Hiroshima Bridge, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1951-52.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Concrete.
    Description: 
    Bridge with guardrail curved upwards and capped with a half-sphere on each end.
    Subject: 
    Architecture -- Bridge -- Hiroshima Bridge
    Abstract
    Allegory -- Other -- Progress
    Allegory -- Life
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Japan -- Hiroshima
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Peace Park, Hiroshima, Japan
    Remarks: 
    One of two approach bridges to the Peace Park by Noguchi.
    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. 310A.
    Illustration: 
    Grove, Nancy & Diane Botnick, "The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979," New York: Garland Pub., 1980, plate 310A.
    Image on file.
    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 87560226
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