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| What were the nationalities of Noguchi's parents? |
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| Mother - American. Father - Japanese |
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| What famous artist he he travel "south" to work with? |
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| What "building material" decorative facade did he use to make his slotted pieces? |
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| thin sheets of stone cut from building facades found in junk yard |
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| What traditional functional art items did he reinvent? |
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| lanterns. created the paper lanterns (he called them acari) |
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| What was the happiest time in his life & what work did he make? |
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| his marriage. he created the Big Boy sculpture |
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| What completely crazy thing did he do voluntarily to try to connect to his people? |
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| he entered a Japanese internment camp during WWII |
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| How does he describe his time to die? |
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| as going into the stone. he considered all parts of life to be like stone. |
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