id:			150482
accession number:	1981.46
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.46
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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, 20th century
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 (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1982:  "Year in Review 1981" cat. no. 48

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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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fun fact:
This three-part stone sculpture was commissioned for the Cleveland Museum of Art's north lawn in 1981.

digital description:
Noguchi's use of interesting stones with a minimum of carved manipulation derives in part from Eastern traditions of reverence for the mystic qualities and natural aesthetics of rocks. It also draws from modern art movements in the artist's incorporation of pre-existing and serendipitous formal qualities of the material itself.

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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

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