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ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)

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Auction dateClassic
09.12.2022 11:00UTC -04:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 880120
Lot 374 | ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)
ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)

Rare 'Cloud' Ottoman, Model No. IN-71, circa 1946

manufactured by Herman Miller, Zeeland, Michigan

birch, fabric upholstery

13 1/4 x 52 x 32 in. (33.7 x 132.1 x 81.3 cm)





Provenance

Private Collection, Brewster

Mark McDonald, New York

Private Collection, Los Angeles

Wright, Chicago, 12 December 2013, lot 120

Private Collection

Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

N. Grove, D. Botnick, The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979: A Catalogue, New York, 1980, pl. 811

G. Nelson, Chairs, New York, 1994, pp. 33, 152-153

C. & P. Fiell, 1000 chairs, Italy, 1997, p. 289

A. von Vegesack, et. al., Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2001, pp. 122-123

A. Bony, Meubles et Décors des Années 40, Paris, 2002, p. 205 (for a period photograph)

B. Bloemnik, J. Cunningham, Design ? Art: Functional Objects from Donald Judd to Rachel Whiteread, exh. cat., Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, 2004, pp. 162-163 ref. 147

G. Wood, Surreal Things: Surrealism and Design, exh cat., Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2007, p. 99
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