ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988) Magritte's Stone, 1982-1983 signed with the artist's initials and dated 'I.N. '82' (on the reverse); titled, inscribed and numbered 'ISAMU NOGUCHI Magritte's Stone 8/18 Published by Gemini G.E.L. © Isamu Noguchi Foundation 1983 IN82-2100' (on a plate affixed to the reverse) galvanized steel 51 1/4 x 30 x 12 in. 130.2 x 76.2 x 30.5 cm. This work is Gemini Catalogue No.TN82-2100 and is number eight from an edition of eighteen, plus one prototype, five foundation copies, and three publisher's copies; concept later adapted in bronze plate in an edition of six. Footnotes: 'May I say that these sculptures are like short poems pertaining to California where I was born, and to the world I have known.' - Isamu Noguchi Provenance Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, The Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. 1038A (illustrated) Exhibited Chicago, Richard Gray Gallery, Isamu Noguchi: New Steel Sculpture, 14 May - 14 June 1983 New York, Pace Gallery, Isamu Noguchi: New Sculptures, 6 May - 4 June 1983 Philadelphia, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Isamu Noguchi at Gemini G.E.L. 1982 - 1983, 14 September - 12 October 1983 Osaka, Japan, Gallery Yamaguchi, Isamu Noguchi: Steel Sculptures, 7 - 30 November 1983 New York, Max Protetch Gallery, Isamu Noguchi: Gemini, 9 - 31 March 1984 Madison, ME, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, The Skowhegan Celebration Exhibition, May 1984 Cincinnati, Carl Solway Gallery, Gemini Exhibition, 7 September - 15 October 1984 Tokyo, Japan, National Museum of Modern Art, Isamu Noguchi Retrospective, 13 March - 10 May 1992 Literature Isamu Noguchi at Gemini 1982-1983, Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1983, exh. cat. (front cover, p. 25; illustrated) Seattle Daily Times, 2 August 1985, illustrated Shigeo Anzai, Anzai: Homage to Isamu Noguchi, Tokyo: Galerie Tokoro, 1992, exh. cat. Jochen Eisenbrand, Katarina V. Posch, and Alexander Von Vegesack, eds., Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design, Weil am Rhein: Vitra Design Museum, 2002 Gonzalo Doval, ed., Metamorphosis in Clay: Noguchi in Kamakura, Madrid: Fundacion ICO, 2006; exh. cat. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing