Object Details
- Artist
- Isamu Noguchi, born Los Angeles, CA 1904-died New York City 1988
- Gallery Label
- Believing that sculpture should be "an equivalent for natural forms and forces," Isamu Noguchi explored the sun's vital power in this massive marble. He derived its shape from a millstone, which, "inverted and elevated, becomes a sun-like image." Born in California to an American mother and Japanese father, Noguchi spent most of his childhood in Japan before continuing his education in the American Midwest, New York City, and Paris. This piece reflects his internationalist life and perspective, a blend of the biomorphic abstraction of European surrealism and traditional Japanese stonework.
- Publication Label
- Believing that sculpture should be "an equivalent for natural forms and forces," Isamu Noguchi explored the sun's vital power in this massive marble. He derived its shape from a millstone which, "inverted and elevated, becomes a sun-like image."
- Smithsonian American Art Museum: Commemorative Guide. Nashville, TN: Beckon Books, 2015.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist
- Copyright
- © The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York
- 1967
- Object number
- 1969.158
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Arni marble
- Dimensions
- 40 7/8 x 39 3/8 x 16 7/8 in. (103.8 x 100.0 x 42.8 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Abstract
- Record ID
- saam_1969.158
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b407182d-417a-472a-a685-dcdca1d91826
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