ID: 700000319 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000319	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Kouros (sculpture (visual works); Isamu Noguchi (American, 1904-1988); 1945; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 53.87a-i)

Note: Biomorphic abstraction. In all, Noguchi completed about fifteen interlocking sculptures between 1945 and 1948, including the Metropolitan Museum's famous pink marble sculpture "Kouros," which is more than nine feet high. These sculptures were assembled from individual pieces of carved stone, without benefit of adhesives or pinions, by notching and slotting the pieces together.

Titles:

Kouros (preferred,C,U,D,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 1945

Creator Display:

Isamu Noguchi (American, 1904-1988) [preferred,VP]

artist Noguchi, Isamu (American sculptor and designer, 1904-1988) [500008602]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 53.87a-i

Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1953

Display Materials: marble

	marble (rock) [300011443]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

Dimensions: 297.2 x 754.9 cm (117 x 297 3/16 inches); Base: 86.7 x 106.7 cm

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

nonrepresentational art (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	biomorphic abstraction [300069065]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, artistic concepts, forms of expression (artistic concept), <forms of expression for visual arts>, abstraction) (AAT)

Copyright: © 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Provenance: the artist, New York (1945–53; sold to MMA).

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Kouros	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 30 April 2012

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 31 Jnauary 2018