Tent of Holofernes
Noguchi, Isamu
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Date
1978Description
General view; Isamu Noguchi originally created this form as a stage set for choreographer and dancer Martha Graham's 1950 production Judith . This sculpture is one of three bronze casts made from the balsawood original that appeared on stage. Graham's Judith was based on the biblical story of Judith and Holofernes. Source: J. Paul Getty Museum Collection [website]; http://www.getty.edu/art/ (accessed 6/11/2009)
Type of Work
sculpture (visual work)Subject
abstraction or non-objective, contemporary (1960 to present), Old Testament and Apocrypha, Performing arts, stage design, theatre design, dance, Twentieth century, Modernist
Rights
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only