Live Auction 20985Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale
ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)
Lot 233 THE ROGER SANT COLLECTION

ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)

Untitled

Closed18 November 2022

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USD 226,800

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ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)
Untitled
incised with the artist's initials 'I.N.' (lower edge)
granite
14 x 7 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (35.6 x 19.7 x 19.1 cm.)
Executed circa 1978.

Estate of the artist, 1988
The Isamu Noguchi Foundation, Inc., New York, 1997
PaceWildenstein, New York, circa 1998
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2008

Specialist note

"To search the final reality of stone beyond the accident of time... I seek the love of matter. The materiality of stone, its essence, to reveal its identity—not what might be imposed but something closer to its being. Beneath the skin is the brilliance of matter."
– Isamu Noguchi