id:			150482
accession number:	1981.46
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.46
updated:		2025-05-28 11:05:15.295000

Rock Carvings: Passage of the Seasons, 1981. Isamu Noguchi (American, 1904–1988). Basalt with mineral accretions; part 1: 286.9 cm (112 15/16 in.); part 2: 347.8 cm (136 15/16 in.); part 3: 208.4 cm (82 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Mildred Andrews Fund, 1981.46. © The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				Rock Carvings: Passage of the Seasons
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creation date:			1981
creation date earliest:		1981
creation date latest:		1981
current location:		NL North Lawn
creditline:			Gift of the Mildred Andrews Fund
copyright:			© The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America
technique:	basalt with mineral accretions
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Isamu Noguchi (American, 1904–1988)  - artist

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measurements: Part 1: 286.9 cm (112 15/16 in.); Part 2: 347.8 cm (136 15/16 in.); Part 3: 208.4 cm (82 1/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Initialed on base: "I.N."
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1981
	opening date:   1982-02-17T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1981</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1982:  "Year in Review 1981" cat. no. 48', 'opening_date': '1981-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	The Mildred Andrews Fund, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1981
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1981–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Monumental Noguchi Sculpture to be Installed at the Cleveland Museum of Art,” March 31, 1981, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr2868

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1981.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 69, no. 2 (February 1982): 39–82.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 79, no. 48
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159758

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