[website] The Noguchi Museum

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The Noguchi Museum

The garden of the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, Long Island City, New York. Sculpture in foreground:TheIllusion of the Fifth Stone. Photo: © Sarah Wells, 1993.

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Image thru garden

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Image - Overhead

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Area 11

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Directions -


The Noguchi Museum entrance is located at
9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Boulevard) in Long Island City.

Please click here for directions to the Museum
and for information on The Noguchi Weekend Shuttle Bus Service.

The mailing address for the administrative offices is
32-37 Vernon Boulevard
Long Island City, NY 11106




Wednesday, Thursday, Friday:
10am-5pm

Saturday & Sunday:
11am-6pm

Monday & Tuesday:
CLOSED





Museum admission is $5.00 for adults and $2.50 for senior citizens and students with a valid ID.




To provide an intimate museum experience, both peaceful and educational, for all our visitors, we kindly request that you:

Not touch the sculptures
Not eat or drink outside of the Museum Café
Not use cell phones
Check backpacks and large packages at the front desk
Not use a flash in the Museum or any type of photography in special exhibitions
Not use video recording devices
Not use strollers. (The Museum has a limited number of backpack carriers for visitor use. Personal hand-held carriers are permitted.)
Violations of the above restrictions may result in dismissal from the Museum without refund.

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Isamu Noguchi was born in 1904, and continued making sculpture until his death in 1988. His career of more than sixty years intersected some of the crucial persons and places of our time.

Sculpture -

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Dance -

Memorials -

Fountains -

Drawings -

Furniture Lighting -

[jake]

I have the sofa, ottoman, and coffee table from an earlier post on pp1. As you may or may not recall, the modeler (who shall remain unnamed) requested that the models be withdrawn from the forum because the Noguchi Foundation would not give their blessings to the models.

Noguchi's work is wonderful. So, my question. Should I post these anonymously in the furniture forum or not. They are beautifully modeled.

[jparchitectus]

Good question - I would say If they were originally asked to be removed, I would not repost them unless we get approval from them.

[takesh h]

Originally Posted by jake

Noguchi's work is wonderful. So, my question. Should I post these anonymously in the furniture forum or not. They are beautifully modeled.

Go! jake, GO! GO!

[jake]

Originally Posted by jparchitectus

Good question - I would say If they were originally asked to be removed, I would not repost them unless we get approval from them.

Tough question. If these models are censored then 99 percent of the models out there would fall into the same category. It slike preventing an artist from painting a picture of the Eiffel Tower. Where do you draw the line regarding what is public domain. To me modeling furniture falls into the same category as painting.

The only reason I haven't posted them is my respect for the wishes of the man who modeled the furniture. I guess that should be a good enough answer, but I think the whole issue opens up a can of worms. Any other opinions. Should this be moved to another thread?