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The Painful Truth About Isamu Noguchi’s Design For Martha Graham

Collecting Design — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 14:32:52 +0000

With just a few lines and shapes, Isamu Noguchi’s set design for Martha Graham’s ballet “Appalachian Spring” suggests a landscape and a way of life. The outline of a house, described with soaring beams, is clean and severe. The only furnishings are a narrow bench and a rocking chair.

Isamu Noguchi’s unique Goodyear table of 1939

Collecting Design — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:07:51 +0000

On 16 December 2014 Isamu Noguchi’s unique Goodyear table of 1939, carrying an estimate of $2,000,000 – 3,000,000 will be auctioned at Phillips New York. This imposing sculptural icon – designed for then-president of the Museum of Modern Art – is widely considered one of the most important American design works from the twentieth century.

"Pierced Table"

Collecting Design — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:32:13 +0000

number 6 from an edition of 18

Pierced Table

Collecting Design — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:24:44 +0100

ESTIMATE $50,000-70,000

PROVENANCE Galerie du Passage, Paris

LITERATURE Rosanjin Kitaoji Isamu Noguchi, exh. cat., Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1996, p. 163, cat. no. S20; Alexander von Vegesack, et al., eds., Isamu Noguchi, Sculptural Design, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2001, p. 297

Rare and Important Akari 'Meditation Room'

Collecting Design — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:04:07 +0000

Lot 147, Phillips de Pury & Company Design Auction, 14 November 2009, New York

Produced by Ozeki Company, Gifu, Japan. One of two examples ever produced. Top of structure with artist's ideograph.

For more information please visit www.phillipsdepury.com