Lot 233
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ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)
ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)
ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)
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ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)

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Details
ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)
Untitled
incised with the artist's initials 'I.N.' (lower edge)
granite
14 x 7 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (35.6 x 19.7 x 19.1 cm.)
Executed circa 1978.
Provenance
Estate of the artist, 1988
The Isamu Noguchi Foundation, Inc., New York, 1997
PaceWildenstein, New York, circa 1998
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2008
Literature
Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, The Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. 827 (illustrated).
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Lot Essay

"To search the final reality of stone beyond the accident of time... I seek the love of matter. The materiality of stone, its essence, to reveal its identity—not what might be imposed but something closer to its being. Beneath the skin is the brilliance of matter."
– Isamu Noguchi

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