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

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.