The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 14, 2025
Rock Carvings: Passage of the Seasons
1981
(American, 1904–1988)
Overall: 347.8 cm (136 15/16 in.)
Gift of the Mildred Andrews Fund 1981.46.b
© The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: NL North Lawn
Did You Know?
This three-part stone sculpture was commissioned for the Cleveland Museum of Art's north lawn in 1981.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.- 1981The Mildred Andrews Fund, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1981–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- CMA 1982: "Year in Review 1981" cat. no. 48
- {{cite web|title=Rock Carvings: Passage of the Seasons|url=false|author=Isamu Noguchi|year=1981|access-date=14 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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