Main entry:

Sadao, Shoji, author.

Title & Author:

Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi : best of friends / by Shoji Sadao ; foreword by Martin Friedman.

Publication:

Milan : 5 Continents Editions ; Long Island City, N.Y. : The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Harry N. Abrams, [2011]
©2011.

Description:

256 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 30 cm

Notes:
This text follows an exhibition, "Best of Friends: Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi" held at the Noguch Museum, May 19 - October 15, 2006.
Includes lists of patents for each artist/designer (p. 238-239).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-246) and index.
Isamu and Bucky: the odd couple / Martin Friedman -- Buckminster Fuller, 1895-1929: New England, Fair Harvard, Dymaxion House -- Isamu Noguchi, 1904-1929: Japan, Indiana, Paris, Greenwich Village -- Fuller/Noguchi, 1930-1937: Romany Marie, Greenwich Village, Dymaxion Car -- Noguchi/Fuller, 1938-1951: World War II, Akari, Dymaxion Map, Wichita House -- Fuller/Noguchi, 1952-1964: Geoscope, Radomes, Edison Price, MoMA -- Fuller/Noguchi, 1964-1974: U.S. Pavilion Expo 67, Triton City, India airports -- Noguchi/Fuller, 1975-1988: Long Island City, Cooper-Hewitt, Moerenuma Park -- Patents by Buckminster Fuller -- Patents by Isamu Noguchi.

Summary:

An illustrated biography recounting the friendship between Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi, two exceptional and important figures of 20th-century art and architecture.

ISBN:

9788874395439
8874395434

Subject:

Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983.
Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 Friends and associates.
Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988.
Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988 Friends and associates.
Fuller, R. Buckminster.
Fuller, R. Buckminster Friends and associates.
Noguchi, Isamu,
Noguchi, Isamu, Friends and associates.
Fuller, Richard Buckminster 1895-1983
Noguchi, Isamu 1904-1988
Art and science History 20th century.
Art and technology History 20th century.
Sculpture, American 20th century.
Art et sciences Histoire 20e siècle.
Art et technologie Histoire 20e siècle.
Fuller, Buckminster.
Noguchi, Isamu.
Noguchi, Isamu. Glad Day <scultura ; Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum > Riferimenti [:] Leonardo : da Vinci. Uomo vitruviano <Gallerie dell'Accademia ; Venezia>
Art and science
Art and technology
Friendship
Sculpture, American
Design
Kunst
Architektur

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Friedman, Martin, 1925-2016.
Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983.
Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988.
Isamu Noguchi Foundation.
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum.

Best of friends : Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi

Holdings:

Location: Library main 278250
Call No.: BIB 213805
Status: Available