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Sea Stone
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Sea Stone

1979
Sea stone
A rock came from the sea—oyster shells encrusted it—speaking no language known to me. It lay there until one day I began to see or hear its sea voice, the toss of waves. I nailed it with two drills and captured its shape.
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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.