Artwork Details
- Title
- Grey Sun
- Artist
- Date
- 1967
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 40 7⁄8 x 39 3⁄8 x 16 7⁄8 in. (103.8 x 100.0 x 42.8 cm)
- Copyright
- © The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York
- Credit Line
- Gift of the artist
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- Arni marble
- Classifications
- Highlights
- Subjects
- Abstract
- Object Number
- 1969.158
Artwork Description
Believing that sculpture should be "an equivalent for natural forms and forces," Isamu Noguchi explored the sun's vital power in this massive marble. He derived its shape from a millstone which, "inverted and elevated, becomes a sun-like image."
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Commemorative Guide. Nashville, TN: Beckon Books, 2015.