Isamu Noguchi, Akari light sculptures

Isamu Noguchi
Akari light sculptures, group of five

Ozeki & Co., Ltd.
Japan designed 1954-1964
washi paper, bamboo
largest: 20 h x 21 dia in (51 x 53 cm)
smallest: 11 h x 11 dia in (28 x 28 cm)

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.
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