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Isamu Noguchi 1904–1988 follow artist
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Akari light sculptures, group of five
Akari light sculptures, group of five
Ozeki & Co., Ltd.
Japan designed 1954-1964
washi paper, bamboo largest: 20 h × 21 dia in (51 × 53 cm) smallest: 11 h × 11 dia in (28 × 28 cm)
Japan designed 1954-1964
washi paper, bamboo largest: 20 h × 21 dia in (51 × 53 cm) smallest: 11 h × 11 dia in (28 × 28 cm)
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $12,900
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Lot is comprised of five light sculptures, models 19A, 20A, 20D and two 30D. Stamped ‘Sun and Moon’ ideogram to shade of each example. Stamped 'Japan' to two examples.
literature: NEW AKARI Light Sculpture, 1977 dimension and assembly brochure, The Noguchi Museum Archives, MS_AKA_008_020 New Akari Light Sculpture, brochure for Bloomingdale's, The Isamu Noguchi Museum Archive, MS_COR_288_021Isamu Noguchi "Akari", Craft and Design Museum, Gifu exhibition catalog, unpaginated Design: Isamu Noguchi and Isamu Kenmochi, Rychlak, Mori, Murayama, and Matsumoto, ppg. 99-101
This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.