Isamu Noguchi's Fountain for the Ford Exhibit, New York World's Fair, 1939
THF92133 / Isamu Noguchi's Fountain for the Ford Exhibit, New York World's Fair, 1939
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company, a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, hired sculptor Isamu Noguchi to design a fountain for its exhibition building in New York City's Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Noguchi used automobile parts to create a fountain that both fit the fair's "Building the World of Tomorrow" theme and expressed the power of Ford's revolutionary V-8 engine.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1939
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.O.590
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10.25 in
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