My Pacific (Polynesian Culture)

Isamu Noguchi · 1942

Here we have My Pacific (Polynesian Culture) — a sculpture by the American artist Isamu Noguchi, nineteen forty-two. The piece is driftwood, about 1 by 0.5 meters. You can pick out the carved figure. Noguchi was part of the abstract expressionism movement.

Medium Driftwood · Dimensions 41 x 21 x 8 1/4" (104.1 x 53.3 x 20.9 cm) · Credit Florene May Schoenborn Bequest

Hanging beside it in Gallery 509: Leaf Form

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Sleeping Figure, Development of a Bottle in Space, Tiari, Helmet Head Number 1, Caryatid, Retrospective Bust of a Woman

More by Isamu Noguchi here: Apartment