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Rock Carvings: Passage of the Seasons
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Isamu Noguchi
(American, 1904–1988)
Basalt with mineral accretions
Overall: 286.9 cm (112 15/16 in.)
Gift of the Mildred Andrews Fund 1981.46.a
© The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location
NL North Lawn
Description
Noguchi's use of interesting stones with a minimum of carved manipulation derives in part from Eastern traditions of reverence for the mystic qualities and natural aesthetics of rocks. It also draws from modern art movements in the artist's incorporation of pre-existing and serendipitous formal qualities of the material itself.