Isamu Noguchi, Akari light sculpture, model 17D

Isamu Noguchi
Akari light sculpture, model 17D

Ozeki & Co., Ltd.
Japan designed c. 1961
washi paper, bamboo
18.25 h x 18.25 w x 18.25 d in (46 x 46 x 46 cm)

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

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