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Isamu Noguchi

American, 1904–1988

Isamu Noguchi was an American artist, furniture designer, and landscape architect whose career lasted from the 1920s. He was known for his sculpture and public artworks, as well as stage set designs for Martha Graham productions. Noguchi also created Akari light sculptures and furniture pieces, many of which are still produced and sold. His works are exhibited at the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum in New York City and other museums.

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‘Isamu Noguchi: I am not a designer’ to open at Peabody Essex Museum Image: Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Isamu Noguchi, 1955, gelatin silver print. © 2025 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. © 2025 The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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‘Isamu Noguchi: I am not a designer’ to open at Peabody Essex Museum

The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, will present ‘Isamu Noguchi: “I am not a designer”’ from September 19, 2026, through January 3, 2027.

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