Rare and important Akari “Meditation Room,” model no. 820-PC1, ca. 1975
Japanese mulberry bark paper, copper rod, rope. 96 x 47 1/2 x 47 1/2 in. (243.8 x 120.7 x 120.7 cm.), variable drop
Produced by Ozeki Company, Gifu, Japan. One of two examples ever produced. Top of structure stamped with artist’s ideograph.
PROVENANCE Collection of the artist; Steph Simon Archives, Paris; Galerie Downtown, Paris
EXHIBITED "Japonisme," Galerie Downtown, Paris, September-December 2002
LITERATURE "Isamu Noguchi: The Sculptor as Designer," The Museum of Modern Art Calendar, October 1977
Ideographs convey ideas as opposed to words that bear the same meanings. Isamu Noguchi’s ideographic signature on the present lot combines images of sun and moon. The idea is not as clear perhaps as those conveyed by, say, &, $, or ∞, but one can guess at Noguchi’s meaning...
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ISAMU NOGUCHI
Rare and important Akari “Meditation Room,” model ..., ca. 1975
Estimate $80,000-120,000
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