"Akari" Floor Lamp
Designed by Isamu Noguchi, American, 1904 - 1988. Made by George Kovacs Lighting, Inc., New York, 1954 - present.
Geography:
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
Designed 1975Medium:
Mulberry bark paper, bamboo, metalDimensions:
open: 45 x 32 inches (114.3 x 81.3 cm) closed: 7 x 30 1/4 x 30 1/4 inches (17.8 x 76.8 x 76.8 cm)Copyright:
© The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum , New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Curatorial Department:
European Decorative Arts and SculptureObject Location:
1979-87-1a--dCredit Line:
Gift of the artist, 1979
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
Designed 1975Medium:
Mulberry bark paper, bamboo, metalDimensions:
open: 45 x 32 inches (114.3 x 81.3 cm) closed: 7 x 30 1/4 x 30 1/4 inches (17.8 x 76.8 x 76.8 cm)Copyright:
© The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum , New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Curatorial Department:
European Decorative Arts and SculptureObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1979-87-1a--dCredit Line:
Gift of the artist, 1979
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The sculptor Isamu Noguchi designed this lamp, one of a series inspired by traditional Japanese lanterns. He named the lamps akari, which means "the light of illumination" and "the essence of lightness."
