Isamu Noguchi
Chess Table
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November 16, 11:16 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Isamu Noguchi
1904 - 1988
Chess Table
Executed in 2006, this work is number 4 from an edition of 10.
ebonized birch plywood, painted cast aluminum with 32 Plexiglas chess pieces
impressed INFGM, dated 2006 and numbered 4/10 (on a metal tag affixed to the underside)
19½ by 28½ by 25 in.
49.5 by 72.4 by 63.5 cm.
PaceWildenstein, New York
Acquired from the above in 2006 by the present owner
Acquired from the above in 2006 by the present owner
Nancy Grove and Diane Botnick, The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979: A Catalogue, New York, 1980, pl. 810, illustrated (original 1944 design)
Martin Eidelberg, Design 1935-1965, What Modern Was, New York, 1991, pp. 107-108, illustrated (original 1944 design)
Bruce Altshuler, Noguchi (Modern Masters), New York, 1994, p. 52, illustrated (original 1944 design)
Exh. Cat., Berlin, Vitra Design Museum, 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, July 1995 - January 1996, pp. 148-149, illustrated (original 1944 design)
Exh. Cat., Berlin, Vitra Design Museum, Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design, December 2001 - April 2002, pp. 79, 126-127 and 287, illustrated (original 1944 design)
Exh. Cat., New York, Noguchi Museum, The Imagery of Chess Revisited, October 2005 - April 2006, front cover and pp. vi, 129 and 131, illustrated (original 1944 design)
Martin Eidelberg, Design 1935-1965, What Modern Was, New York, 1991, pp. 107-108, illustrated (original 1944 design)
Bruce Altshuler, Noguchi (Modern Masters), New York, 1994, p. 52, illustrated (original 1944 design)
Exh. Cat., Berlin, Vitra Design Museum, 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, July 1995 - January 1996, pp. 148-149, illustrated (original 1944 design)
Exh. Cat., Berlin, Vitra Design Museum, Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design, December 2001 - April 2002, pp. 79, 126-127 and 287, illustrated (original 1944 design)
Exh. Cat., New York, Noguchi Museum, The Imagery of Chess Revisited, October 2005 - April 2006, front cover and pp. vi, 129 and 131, illustrated (original 1944 design)