Description
The three Studies for the Sun in the Empire State Plaza Art Collection are relatively small-scale works that are studies for one of the elements later included in a public sculpture garden for the Bieneke Library at Yale University. From the late 1950s, the sun, represented by a circular disc, was a recurring element in Noguchi's work. This circular form was first used in a 1948 piece titled The Ring. Subsequently, it served as the basis for several important works: The White Sun, The Grey Sun, The Black Sun, a version of which was also in Nelson Rockefeller's private collection.
Of the three studies in the Empire State Plaza Art Collection, the iron sun is closest in form to the sculpture at Yale. It is, however, smaller and darker. Gouged-out craters interrupt the flow of the gently curving lines of the ring. Its dark, heavy, and slightly corroded appearance contrasts with the pristine, smooth surface of the white marble sun, giving the iron sun a look of age.
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Details
- Work Date:
- 1959-64
- Dimensions:
- 4'-6 1/4" (circumfrence) x 1'-11 1/2"
- Medium:
- iron