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U.S.A. 16 Akari, 1968, silk and paper, by 17 Untitled, 1967, silver grey elastic cord, 18 Gerty with mask and wineglass, 1909-10,
Isamu Noguchi, from his exhibition 'Shapes 67½ in. high, by Fred Sandback, from an lithograph on yellow paper, by Ernst
of Light' at Cordier & Ekstrom, New York, exhibition of his sculpture at Dwan Gallery, Ludwig Kirchner, from a major
until January 4. Noguchi says in a statement New York, from January 4 until January 29. retrospective exhibition of his work at
`... To me they (lanterns) were always Seattle Art Museum until January 5. The
beyond commercial or industrial design—a exhibition, consisting of 147 works
medium of art. My constant concern with including oil paintings, watercolours, pastels,
the further development of Akari has grown drawings, prints, an illustrated book and
out of this fascination and out of wanting two sculptures, has been assembled from
to foil my many imitators, through about seventy-five major museums and
innovation, to reach a point where they private collections in Europe and the United
could no longer follow. But to achieve this States. It will be seen subsequently at the
meant that one had to sell them, and the Pasadena Art Museum and the Museum of
economy of manufacture is based on
standardization ... It is these restrictions
that have finally persuaded me to
reintroduce Akari, through an exhibition at
my gallery, Cordier & Ekstrom, as valid
expressions of sculpture— no longer an
extravagant claim to make for a bit of paper,
air and light. . . .'