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Isamu Noguchi, Mother and Child, 1944–45. Onyx sculpture.
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Mother and Child

1944 - 1945
Onyx
The carving of stone is a preoccupation of sculptors that links them to an old tradition. I always come back to this as the one sure honesty of sculpture. Other methods of working smack of device, contrivance, duplication.
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Original Noguchi Collection
Quotations by Isamu Noguchi from The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1987), unless otherwise noted.