On Becoming an Artist: Isamu Noguchi and His Contemporaries, 1922-1960 by Wolf, Amy - 2010

Long Island City, NY: The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, 2010. Hardcover. Near Fine. 144 pp, with illustrations, index. Lightly bumped corners; else fine. From the Introduction: "More than fifty artists, architects, designers, choreographers, and art world figures in the United States contributed to Noguchi's development as an artist and helped to shape his career. These friends, peers, mentors, lovers, gather figures, and helped to shape his career. These friends, peers, mentors, lovers, father figures, teachers, and facilitators influenced his artistic practice and ideas and fostered the evolution of his personal and artistic identity. This can be seen in their own work, as well as in Noguchi's." Extensively illustrated throughout in b/w and color.