$62,500
Ooi Kojo for Bonniers USA / Japan, c.
1950 cast iron 5¾ w x 5½ d x 2½ h in (15 x 14 x 6 cm)
Isamu Noguchi did not draw a distinction between formal sculpture and functional forms; he approached both in a similar way yielding the most sublime examples of design ever created. This bowl is deceptively simple as the play between the silhouette and the spherical void express the mature aesthetic of Noguchi’s pure sculptures. continue Signed with cast manufacturer's mark to underside: [Bonniers Japan]. provenance: Jeffrey Graetsch, New York literature: Design: Isamu Noguchi and Isamu Kenmochi , Rychlak, Mori, Murayama, and Matsumoto, pg. 58 illustrates plaster models
result: $62,500
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Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2011-12-15
