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Isamu Noguchi maintained a deep interest in science and the humanistic use of technology, a concern nurtured by his friendship with the visionary R. Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome. Geometric imagery appeared alongside organic forms in his first abstract sculptures, done in Paris in 1927-28, and it would continue to appear in Noguchi's work throughout his career. Noguchi's use of geometric forms involved a range of associations, from the pyramid structures of the ancient world to the circular enso of Zen painting and the rectilinear forms of Brancusi's Endless Column . In addition to his freestanding sculptures, Noguchi's gardens and landscapes often employ geometrical forms as basic elements.
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