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The Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) was an artist who intuitively asked—and responded to—deeply original questions. ██ █████ ████ ████ ██████ █ █████████ ██████ █ ████████ ██████████ ███████████ ███ ██ ███████ ██████ ██ ██████ ███ ██████████ ██████ ███ ██ ████ ██████ ████ ███ ██████████ ███████ ████████ ██ ██████████████ ████████ ███████ ██ ████ ███ ███████████ ███ ██████ ████████ ███

Intro topic · Sculptor Isamu Noguchi and his originality as an artist

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Focus topic · How one sculpture reveals Noguchi's originality

Possibly the main point, though too early to say for certain

Noguchi's early career · Won award for his sculptures, traveled to Paris, began working for sculptor Brancusi as stonecutter

Evidence of Noguchi's originality · Noticed that sculptors focus on use of shadow, rather than use of reflected light

Noguchi's plan · Create reflective sculpture of Buckminster Fuller using chrome-nickel steel

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Characteristics of reflective sculpture · Can only be properly viewed and understood when it reflects other objects

Analogy between reflective sculpture and calm water: difficult to see directly; instead, you see what's reflected

Further evidence of Noguchi's originality · After completing reflective sculpture, moved on to new things

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The passage doesn’t discuss Noguchi’s acquisition of stone-cutting experience. We don’t know how we began stone-cutting or where he first got his experience with stone-cutting.

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We know that Noguchi used chrome-nickel steel, but that’s still a metal. The passage doesn’t discuss nonmetals Noguchi used after working with Brancusi.

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Answered. His work in creating a positive-light sculpture “won critical recognition.”

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The passage doesn’t discuss the consideration of a sculpture lighted from within.

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