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Artist/Creator (1)	Noguchi, Isamu (1904-1988)
Artist/Creator (1).Nationality	American
Artist/Creator (1).Role	artist, sculptor
Title/Caption	California Scenario
Date of Work	1979-1982
Description of View	Detail of free standing fountain. [Detail view showing 'Energy Fountain']
Notes	Project Location: The Henry T. Segerstrom Building, (South Coast Plaza), Costa Mesa, CA. Sponsor/Developer: The work was commissioned by Henry T. Segerstrom. Project Description: This immense artist-designed flagstone courtyard contains a stream, fountain and benches, bordered on two sides by a 50-foot-tall white wall. The work is surrounded by modern office buildings. This artwork is an immense artist-designed flagstone courtyard, with five major elements formed to represent a sluice, a river, a pyramid, a mound or tomb, and a volcano. The work describes either a mystical journey or an evolutionary process. A fifty-foot white wall borders two sides of the plaza. Modern office buildings are located on two sides of the work. Project History: Henry T. Segerstrom commissioned the artist to produce an artwork to accompany a new office complex Segerstrom was developing. Noguchi and Segerstrom formed a strong personal relationship over the two years of planning and construction on the project. Segerstrom and Noguchi consulted with each other on 'each piece and every detail'. Noguchi also worked closely with the landscape architecture firm of Kammeyer and Partners.
Technique/Process	sculpture, landscape architecture
Materials/Medium	stone, sandstone, granite, cement, flagstone, water, vegetation
Dimensions	Site: 1.6 acres. Boundary walls, Ht.: 50 ft. 'Water Source', Ht.: 30 ft. 'Spirit of the Lima Bean', Ht.: 12 ft.
Century	20th Century
Location.Current Site/City & Country	Costa Mesa, California (United States)
Location.Current Repository	South Coast Plaza. Town Center
Subject	Sculpture, American Sculpture, 20th Century Public art Art parks Sculpture gardens Fountains
Publisher	ART on FILE
Publisher.Location	ART on FILE. 1837 East Shelby St. Seattle, Washington 98112 (United States). www.artonfile.com
Set/Project Title	New Directions in Public Art: Part I
Set/Project Author(s)	ART on FILE, 2000
Reference Number	Art on File PAI-3(7)-6
Collection Title	Sculpture (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html

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