Olmec and Muse (1985), basalt; by Isamu Noguchi, sold at auction in 2017 for $4.98 million. A title, a year, a material, an artist, the passage of time, a price. A legacy of cultures, a legacy of earth, a legacy of an artist, and “legacy” as a facetious pun—money or property left to the living by the dead.
Isamu Noguchi
A Legacy Split in Two
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