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Noah Purifoy BIOGRAPHY
1917 Snow Hill, Alabama - 2004 Joshua Tree, California. Known for: Sculptor-assemblage.
Co-founder of the Watts Towers Arts Center in 1964 and served on the California Arts Council from 1976 to 1987. His series of sculptures entitled "66 Signs of Neon" were constructed from debris from... Read full biography
Co-founder of the Watts Towers Arts Center in 1964 and served on the California Arts Council from 1976 to 1987. His series of sculptures entitled "66 Signs of Neon" were constructed from debris from the 1968 Watts riots. Source: Art in America, September 2004... Read full biography
Co-founder of the Watts Towers Arts Center in 1964 and served on the California Arts Council from 1976 to 1987. His series of sculptures entitled "66 Signs of Neon" were constructed from debris from the 1968 Watts riots. Source: Art in America, September 2004... Read full biography
Co-founder of the Watts Towers Arts Center in 1964 and served on the California Arts Council from 1976 to 1987. His series of sculptures entitled "66 Signs of Neon" were constructed from debris from the 1968 Watts riots. Source: Art in America, September 2004... Read full biography
Co-founder of the Watts Towers Arts Center in 1964 and served on the California Arts Council from 1976 to 1987. His series of sculptures entitled "66 Signs of Neon" were constructed from debris from the 1968 Watts riots. Source: Art in America, September 2004... Read full biography
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Co-founder of the Watts Towers Arts Center in 1964 and served on the California Arts Council from 1976 to 1987.
His series of sculptures entitled "66 Signs of Neon" were constructed from debris from the 1968 Watts riots.
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