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From Royère to Lalanne: Property from a Private New York Collection

Isamu Noguchi

"Akari" Light Sculpture, Model No. 11A

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

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From Royère to Lalanne: Property from a Private New York Collection

Isamu Noguchi

"Akari" Light Sculpture, Model No. 11A


designed 1952

produced by Ozeki & Co., Gifu, Japan

Washi paper, bamboo, painted metal, rattan

stamped with the Sun and Moon ideogram

52 ¼ x 18 ½ x 23 ⅝ in. (132.7 x 47 x 60 cm)

Galerie du Passage, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2022

Bruce Altshuler and Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Isamu Noguchi, Essays and Conversations, New York, 1994, p. 104

Design: Isamu Noguchi and Isamu Kenmochi, exh. cat., The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York, 2007, pp. 78 and 93