Isamu Noguchi - Design New York Tuesday, December 17, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private collection, Maryland
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    "Lamps and Lighting," Everyday Art Quarterly, no. 12, Autumn 1949, p. 6
    Isamu Noguchi, Isamu Noguchi: A Sculptor's World, New York, 1968, p. 190
    Nancy Grove and Diane Botnick, The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979: A Catalogue, New York, 1980, fig. 805
    Kathryn B. Hiesinger and George H. Marcus, eds., Design Since 1945, exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1983, p. 148
    Alexander von Vegesack, et al., eds., Isamu Noguchi, Sculptural Design, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2001, pp. 130, 274, 276

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Pair of "Three-Legged Cylinder" table lamps, model no. 9

designed 1944, manufactured 1947-1954
Cherry wood, fiberglass-reinforced polyvinyl chloride, steel.
Each: 15 3/4 in. (40 cm) high, 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm) diameter
Manufactured by Knoll Associates, New York, New York.

Estimate
$4,000 - 6,000 

Sold for $13,750

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Design

New York Auction 17 December 2019