Estimated value: 1000-1500 US$
Reached Price : 1700 US$
Auction:
Modern Design
Sales date: 2004-10-03
Location:
Chicago
Lot number: 201
Design
Isamu Noguchi
Year
1948
Manufacturer
Knoll
Architonic id
4105326
Cherry, fiberglass-reinforced polyvinyl
7.25"dia x 15.75"h
This lamp was illustrated in the Museum of Modern Art's third volume of "Introductory Series to the Modern Arts" as an exemplar of what then curator Edgar Kaufman, Jr. listed as the necessary attributes of fine design: integrity, clarity and harmony.
Literature:
Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design, Vitra Design Museum, ppg. 130-131