Endless Coupling

Date

(1957)

Artist

Isamu Noguchi, American, b. Los Angeles, California, 1904–1988

Provenance

Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, to 16 April 1963

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 16 April 1963-17 May 1966

Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Exhibition History

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, fig. 617, p. 426, p. 730.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, DC. "America's Smithsonian: 150th Anniversary Exhibition, 1996-1998". Included in 4 stops of Tour: LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER, Los Angeles, 9 February-10 March 1996; KANSAS CITY CONVENTION CENTER, Kansas City, Missouri, 10 April-19 May; NEW YORK COLISEUM, New York City, 11 June-24 July; RHODE ISLAND CONVENTION CENTER, Providence, 17 August-19 September 1996.

MUSEE NATIONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS DU QUEBEC. "America. Between Dreams and Realities: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection," 9 June-5 September 2022, color ill. p. 90.

Published References

UNSIGNED. "Paris: A Glimpse of Summer," Arts 38 (May-June 1964): ill. p.66.

NOGUCHI, ISAMU. Isamu Noguchi: A Sculptor's World (New York: Harper & Row, 1967): no. 82, p. 245, ill.

LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974): fig. 617, p. 426, p. 730.

HUNTER, SAM. Isamu Noguchi (New York: Abbeville Press, 1978): 249, ill.

GROVE, NANCY, and DIANE BOTNICK. The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979: A Catalogue. (New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1980): no. 432, p. 76.

THORSON, ALICE. "Simulating a Cultural Force," Kansas City Star (21 April 1996): J-8.

EGGELHOFER, FABIENNE, et al. Noguchi (Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2021), color ill. p. 195.

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Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Accession Number

66.3866

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Metal and stone

Dimensions

58 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 14 in., 120 lb. (148.6 x 36.8 x 35.6 cm, 54.4 kg)