Floor Frame
''Floor Frame'' is a series of abstract sculptures by Isamu Noguchi that were created in 1962 and cast between 1963 and 1987. Noguchi said that when he created ''Floor Frame'' he had "made many other pieces in relation to floor space at that time, but this seemed to best define the essentiality of floor, not as sculpture alone but as part of the concept of floor". He also intended the piece to represent the "intersection of a tree and the ground, taking on the qualities of both an implied root system and the canopy". Displayed in two pieces, ''Floor Frame'' seems to fall into and rise from the ground. The larger piece drives into the ground and arises at an angle with a smaller piece seeming to emerge at a small distance. A 1970 sculpture by Noguchi, called ''Floor Frame (Remembering India)'' is in the collection of the Noguchi Museum. It is made from Siena marble and black granite, arranged in stripes. List of versions The casting model for ''Floor Frame'' was made from balsawo ...
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