News - New York City, NY
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This relief panel is set above the entrance to 50 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.
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Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/02/2011
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The work, by Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi is entitled "News" and is described by the Smithsonian Inventory (
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"Over entrance to building is a relief panel depicting five newsmen using various tools of their trade: writing pad, telephone, teletype, wirephoto, and camera." This is one of many notable artworks on the buildings in Rockefeller Center.
The artist, Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988), not only was a sculptor...but a landscape artist, stage set designer...and furniture designer. Read more about him at (
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