Octetra

Octetra
Artist Isamu Noguchi
Year 1968
Medium concrete
Dimensions 330 cm × 290 cm (113 ½ in × 128 in × 113 in)

Octetra is a concrete sculpture by Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) from 1968.

Description

It is an abstract painted concrete sculpture.[1] It was designed to be a play structure.[2]

History

It was first exhibited near Spoleto Cathedral[3][4]

There are examples at Robert T. Webb Sculpture Garden,[5] Takamatsu Japan,[6] Moerenuma Park.[7]

It was shown at the Pace Gallery.[8]

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Isamu Noguchi: A Study of Space. Monacelli Press. 2000. ISBN 978-1-58093-047-5.
  3. ↑ Peggy Guggenheim Collection - Venedig
  4. ↑ Dore Ashton (1993). Noguchi East and West. University of California Press. pp. 301–. ISBN 978-0-520-08340-0.
  5. ↑ Designs, DaiDreamer. "Robert T. Webb Sculpture Garden". www.creativeartsguild.org. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  6. ↑ "Isamu Noguchi Octetra | modern design by moderndesign.org". www.moderndesign.org. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  7. ↑ "Lugares de juego: Isamu Noguchi". En el país de las hadas - las cosas de Lola y su mamá. 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  8. ↑ "Isamu Noguchi at Pace Gallery". New York Art Tours. Retrieved 2016-06-08.


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