Live Auction 17650Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session
Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988)
Lot 675 The Collection of Eileen and I.M. Pei

Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988)

Floor Frame

Closed14 November 2019

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USD 399,000

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Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988)
Floor Frame
stamped with the artist's signature and number 'Isamu Noguchi 4/6' (on the reverse of the larger element)
bronze with black patina, in two parts
larger element: 15 x 41 x 24 in. (38.1 x 104.1 x 61 cm.)
smaller element: 6 5/8 x 13 ½ x 6 5/8 in. (16.8 x 34.3 x 16.8 cm.)
installation dimensions variable
Conceived in 1962 and cast in 1974. This work is number four from an edition of six plus one artist's proof, of which only five were fabricated.

Acquired directly from the artist by the late owners, circa 1975

Specialist note

"The essence of sculpture is for me the perception of space, the continuum of our existence. All dimensions are but measures of it, as in relative perspective of our vision lay volume, line, point, giving shape, distance, proportion. Movement, light, and time itself are also qualities of space. Space is otherwise inconceivable. These are the essence of sculpture and as our concepts of them change, so must our sculpture change." -- Isamu Noguchi