"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
Label:
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."
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."
