ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)

Lot 80
07.03.2024 17:00UTC +00:00
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£ 700 000
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ID 1163401
Lot 80 | ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)
Estimate value
£ 700 000 – 1 000 000
ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)

The Comb

granite on wooden base

granite: 46 ½ x 27 x 3 ½ in. (118.1 x 68.6 x 8.9 cm.)

overall: 74 x 46 ½ x 6 ¾ in. (188 x 68.6 x 17.1 cm.)

Executed in 1962, this work is unique





Provenance

Cordier & Ekstrom, Inc., New York.

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1965).

Anon. sale, Christie’s New York, 11 November 2021, lot 73C.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

V. Raynor, 'In the Galleries: Reviews by Jacqueline Barnitz, William Berkson, Herbert Brontein, Amby Goldin, Jacob Grossbert, Anne Hoene, Vivien Raynor', in Arts Magazine 39, no. 9, May-June 1965, p. 55.

H. Sutton, 'The Studio of Isamu Noguchi', in Architectural Design, October 1966 (studio view illustrated).

I. Noguchi, Isamu Noguchi: A Sculptor's World, New York 1968, p. 39.

D. Botnick and N. Grove, The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979: A Catalogue, New York and London 1980, p. 98, no. 536 (illustrated, p. 432).

Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, The Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. 536 (illustrated in colour).



Exhibited

New York, Cordier & Ekstrom, Inc., Noguchi Stone Sculpture, 1965.
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