Head of Marussia Burliuk

1932, commissioned of the artist, Isamu Noguchi (New York, NY) by Louis and Annette Kaufman (Los Angeles, CA)[1]; 2010 consigned to LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe; 29 October 2010, gifted by Annette Kaufman (Los Angeles, CA) to the Chazen Museum of Art. [1] According to Annette Kaufman via conversation with CMA director in 2010: Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman were good friends of the Burliuks; While visiting the Burliuks, Mr. Kaufman saw a plaster version of the sculpture and offered to pay for two bronze casts if Mr. Kaufman could have one of the casts; the second bronze cast (with Noguchi) was published in a catalogue.

• Grove, Nancy. "Isamu Noguchi: Portrait Sculpture." Washington DC: Nationial Portrait Gallery, in association with the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. pp. 10-11, 105
• LewAllen Modern. "David Burliuk: Russian Modernist 40 Years of Paintings and Works on Paper." Santa Fe, NM: LewAllen Modern, 2008. p. 12
• Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonné, The. "Noguchi," November 2019. Accessed May 26, 2021. https://archive.noguchi.org/Detail/artwork/5227. cat. no. 98B-2/2
• Botnick, Diane and Nancy Grove. "The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979: A Catalogue." New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1980. i-xvii, 1-625
• Lucie-Smith, Edward. "David Burliuk: Russian Modernist. 40 Years of Painting and Works on Paper from the Collection of Louis and Annette Kaufman." Exhibition Cataog. Santa Fe: LewAllen Modern, 2008.

• Isamu Noguchi Portrait Sculpture: National Portrait Gallery, 4/15/1989–8/20/1989

• North America
• Sculpture

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