Isamu Noguchi, Solitude, 1962 (cast 1974). Bronze cast of standing balsa wood sculpture.
On View   Original Collection

Solitude

1962 (cast 1974)
Black patina, Bronze
The life of this sculpture comes from an ephemeral lightness, a delicacy, as with balsawood. Bronze adds a sense of weight, which is also to be valued.
Original Noguchi Collection
Quotations by Isamu Noguchi from The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1987), unless otherwise noted.