Isamu Noguchi
Portrait Head

Portrait Head

© The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Portrait Head
Portrait Head
ArtistAmerican, 1904–1988
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Portrait Head
Date1934
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood
Dimensions16 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 9 3/8 in. (42.5 × 19.1 × 23.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Clinton Reed Barker
Object number64.8
Not on view

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Department
American Art
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Looking at Sculpture," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Sept. 15 - Dec. 29, 1991.

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