It is difficult to capture the impact of this work in a video such as this one. I saw this piece many years ago at the MMA and never forgot its impact. The museum also had a video of Noguchi working on the piece. I don't remember it all but I do remember his kneeling and putting his face near the stones on which the large stone sits and checking the leveling. For such a quiet piece, just thinking about the concept, once having seen it, remains profound for me after more than 30 years.

Thanks for posting this video!!! Taking an Arts and Humanities class and wanted to look this up!

Whoops. I guess it was 25 years ago and not 30 that I saw this piece, since it was installed in 1987. For students I would recommend the installation video, title: Isamu Noguchi Water Stone (no comma), also on youtube.