Gregory

Title: Gregory
Description: Gregory is inspired by Gregor, the main character in Franz Kafka’s absurdist novella, The Metamorphosis. After waking one morning to find he has become a large insect, Gregor’s life slowly deteriorates as the last remnants of his human life are lost and his family turns on him, burdened by the responsibility of caring for the house’s former breadwinner while hiding him from outsiders. Gregor, though at first casually inconvenienced by his fate, cannot live with the discomfort he has brought to his family and ultimately dies to avoid furthering burdening them further.
Type: abstract (general art genre)
Subject: Sculpture
Creator: Noguchi, Isamu
Date Created: 1945, cast 1964
Medium: Bronze, dark green patina on wooden base; bronze (metal); verdigris (patina); wood (plant material)
Extent: Bronze, dark green patina:
67 3/4" x 11 3/8" x 16 (172.1 x 28.9 x 40.6 cm)
Wood base:
11 3/8" x 15 x 18 (28.9 x 38.1 x 45.7 cm)
Coverage: The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
Rights: ©INFGM
Rights Holder: The Isamu Noguchi Foundation, Inc., 1983
Current collection, 2004
Identifier: Bio_Sculpt011_IN_Gregory
Source: The Noguchi Museum

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