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Kouros

Isamu Noguchi American
1945
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Le sculture a incastro di Noguchi eseguite verso il 1945, dopo la sua prigionia durante la seconda guerra mondiale in un campo di internamento americano-giapponese, sono caratterizzate da forme biomorfiche intagliate nel marmo e assemblate senza sostanze adesive o pignoni. Questo straordinario Kouros, con le sue sezioni di marmo rosa e grigio che si intersecano, comunica un equilibrio elegante seppur precario. Paragonando l’opera al modello scultoreo greco antico a cui si ispira, lo scultore scrisse al Museo: “La figura dell’ uomo rappresentato come Kouros risale ai miei ricordi di studente del . . . Kouros rosa che avete acquistato [raffigurato all’inizio di questa guida]. . . . Il peso della pietra lo mantiene in piedi: un equilibrio di forze preciso e precario quanto la vita”.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Kouros
  • Artista: Isamu Noguchi, Americano, 1904-1988
  • Data: 1944-45
  • Materiale e tecnica: Marmo
  • Dimensioni: alt. 2,97 m; base: 86,7 x 106,7 cm
  • Crediti: Fletcher Fund, 1953
  • Numero d'inventario: 53.87a–i
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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