Listening to Stone: The Art and Life of Isamu Noguchi

by Hayden Herrera

Book Overview

Throughout the twentieth century, Isamu Noguchi was a vital figure in modern art. From interlocking wooden sculptures to massive steel monuments to the elegant Akari lamps, Noguchi became a master of what he called the "sculpturing of space." But his constant struggle-as both an artist and a man-was to embrace his conflicted identity as the son of a single American woman and a famous yet reclusive Japanese father. "It's only in art," he insisted,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374281165
• ISBN13: 9780374281168
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"