End Pieces
On View   Original Collection

End Pieces

1974
Swedish granite
When stone is removed from a block for the purpose of carving or for making slabs, the unwanted remainder is discarded. Four such end pieces were stacked together, with special attention given to the edges and corners. There is mystery to a cube, especially a black cube—when does it become a sculpture?
Original Noguchi Collection
Quotations by Isamu Noguchi from The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1987), unless otherwise noted.