Isamu Noguchi, Untitled drawing, ca. 1949, probably done in Bali or Java
Looking through Noguchi’s drawings today…
Isamu Noguchi, Untitled drawing, ca. 1949, probably done in Bali or Java
Isamu Noguchi photograph from a stone- hunting trip on the Uji River, Japan, ca. 1960s.
The Noguchi Museum Archive
Isamu Noguchi and Thomas Messer at a Sculpture Center benefit, December 1988
The influential former Director of the Guggenheim Museum, Thomas Messer, passed away on Wednesday at age 93. A friend of Noguchi, Messer played a crucial role in steering the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum and continuing Noguchi’s legacy after his death in 1988.
Photo by Henry Buhl
The Noguchi Museum Archives
New York Public Radio Archives: 1967 Interview with Guggenheim Director Thomas Messer
Thomas Messer, the director of the Guggenheim Foundation from 1961 - 1988, passed away today. In this 1967 WNYC interview from the program Views on Art, Messer describes the changes being made in the museum to expand the exhibition space and create more areas for behind the scenes work such as…