Early Isamu Noguchi Coffee Table

Description:

Early Isamu Noguchi Coffee Table
Ebonized wood, marble
Herman Miller, United States, c. 1947
ht. 15, wd. 50 1/4, dp. 36, top thickness 7/8 in.

Literature: Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design, Eisenbrand, Posch and von Vegesack, p. 118; The Herman Miller Collection, Nelson, pp. 56-57. An example of an ebonized birch base coffee table can be seen at the Henry Ford Museum.

Provenance: Descended in the family, seen in a photo in situ in the early 1950s.

Estimate $6,000-8,000

chip to underside of marble approx. 1/4 inch.


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