Pair of Table Lamps

Model no. 3X, designed in 1961. Washi paper, lacquered metal, bamboo. Stamped to shade with ‘Sun and Moon’ ideogram, stamped with 'Japan'. Literature: Mori, Hitoshi, Posch, Katarina, 'Design: Isamu Noguchi and Isamu Kenmochi', Five Ties Publishing (New York), 2007, p.100. Catalogue, 'New Akari', 1977, The Isamu Noguchi Museum Archives, cat. no. MS_AKA_008_020. Catalogue, 'Akari', 1988, unpaginated.