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year 1932
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source title Isamu Noguchi: A Sculptor's World
info The most stunning of Noguchi’s Chicago-inspired work is *Miss Expanding Universe* (1932), a gleaming aluminum suspension, strong but lightweight, a futuristic figure radiating her limbs outward. Ruth Page posed for this “portrait” wearing one of the blue jersey sack costumes that Noguchi designed for her, a triangular cut with a nipped waist. Both classically angelic and wildly modern, at once a winged Nike and a streamlined hood ornament, *Miss Expanding Universe* hovers in homage to the beauty of the moving body. Noguchi’s friend Buckminster Fuller gave *Miss Expanding Universe* its memorable title.
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year 1932
material metal
source title Isamu Noguchi: A Sculptor's World
info The most stunning of Noguchi’s Chicago-inspired work is *Miss Expanding Universe* (1932), a gleaming aluminum suspension, strong but lightweight, a futuristic figure radiating her limbs outward. Ruth Page posed for this “portrait” wearing one of the blue jersey sack costumes that Noguchi designed for her, a triangular cut with a nipped waist. Both classically angelic and wildly modern, at once a winged Nike and a streamlined hood ornament, *Miss Expanding Universe* hovers in homage to the beauty of the moving body. Noguchi’s friend Buckminster Fuller gave *Miss Expanding Universe* its memorable title.
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