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

Isamu Noguchi

"Akari" Light Sculpture, Model No. 12A

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June 11, 03:00 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Bid

2,800 USD

Lot Details

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

Isamu Noguchi

"Akari" Light Sculpture, Model No. 12A


designed 1952

produced by Ozeki & Co., Gifu, Japan

Washi paper, bamboo, painted metal, rattan

signed I. Noguchi and stamped with the sun and moon ideogram

63 ⅞ x 16 ½ x 17 ⅛ in. (162.2 x 41.9 x 43.5 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

Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2002, p. 146

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