Art Institute of Chicago 111 South Michigan Avenue Chicago Illinois 60603-6110
Date:
1976-1977
Notes:
Bach, Ira J. and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983.
Noguchi, Isamu, "The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum," New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum), 1987.
Grove, Nancy & Diane Botnick, "The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979," New York: Garland Pub., 1980, no. 752.
Summary:
The fountain is composed of two separate elements arranged within a shallow rectangular pond. Water flows down the length of the vertical component, a tall, angular V-shaped shaft, and over the evenly spaced horizontal grooves of its surface. The second element suggests the action of a waterfall as water spills from the deep crevice carved along the upper surface of the horizontal cylinder.
