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Akari light sculpture, model 17D
Akari light sculpture, model 17D
Ozeki & Co., Ltd.
Japan designed c. 1961
washi paper, bamboo 18¼ h × 18¼ w × 18¼ d in (46 × 46 × 46 cm)
Japan designed c. 1961
washi paper, bamboo 18¼ h × 18¼ w × 18¼ d in (46 × 46 × 46 cm)
estimate: $3,000–5,000
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Model 17D later became known as the 45X.
Stamped ‘Sun and Moon’ ideogram and 'Japan' to shade. Sold with orginal packaging.
literature: New Akari Light Sculpture, brochure for Bloomingdale's, The Noguchi Museum Archives, MS_COR_288_021 Isamu Noguchi "Akari", Craft and Design Museum, Gifu exhibition catalog, unpaginated Design: Isamu Noguchi and Isamu Kenmochi, Rychlak, Mori, Murayama, and Matsumoto, pg. 101
This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.