Isamu Noguchi Radio Nurse
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Toronto, Ontario
An exceptionally rare Isamu Noguchi Radio Nurse for Zenith ca. 1937. This beautiful sculptural
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Vintage 1930s American Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Noguchi Radio Nurse
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Isamu Noguchi Designed Stevenson Hawkeye Measured Time Clock
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
reminiscent of Noguchi's "Radio Nurse" design for Zenith. This example features a black bakelite casing free
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Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Metal
Isamu Noguchi "Measured Time" Clock or Timer
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Toronto, Ontario
as the very first design piece by Noguchi. This clock predates the radio nurse. Odd as the form and
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Vintage 1930s American Modern Clocks
Materials
Bakelite
Isamu Noguchi Radio Nurse
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Toronto, Ontario
A clean example of Isamu Noguchi's iconic "Radio Nurse" for Zenith, circa 1937. Originally
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Vintage 1930s American Architectural Models
Materials
Bakelite
Isamu Noguchi Prismatic Table
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Dronten, NL
Radio Nurse was Noguchi's first major design commission and he called it "my only strictly industrial
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Isamu Noguchi Prismatic Table
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Dronten, NL
monitor now held in many museum collections. The Radio Nurse was Noguchi's first major design commission
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Isamu Noguchi Hawkeye Measured Timer
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Cincinnati, OH
the "Radio Nurse". This simple and sculptural piece of art was crafted in the early 1930s and led
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco More Clocks
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Bakelite
Isamu Noguchi Radio Nurse and Guardian Ear
By Zenith, Isamu Noguchi
Located in Frankfurt, Hessen, DE
Isamu Noguchi Radio Nurse and Guardian Ear in Bakelite Case. Manufactured for Zentih Plastic Corp.
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Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
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Bakelite
Original Brochure for Isamu Noguchi's Radio Nurse for Zenith
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Extremely rare original brochure for the radio nurse designed by Isamu Noguchi for Zenith. Also
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Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern Historical Memorabilia
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Paper
1937 Zenith Radio Nurse – Designed by Isamu Noguchi
Located in Kensington, MD
1937 Zenith Radio Nurse designed by Isamu Noguchi
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Vintage 1930s American Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
Iconic Original Radio Nurse w/ Guardian Ear by Noguchi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a great example of the iconic Radio Nurse that Noguchi designed for Zenith Radio Co. of
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20th Century American More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Steel
Isamu Noguchi Radio Nurse and Guardian Ear Made by Zenith
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Bakelite radio nurse with the guardian ear designed by Isamu Noguchi for Zenith. Originally
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Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
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Metal
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Isamu Noguchi for sale on 1stDibs
A sculptor, painter, ceramicist and furniture and lighting designer, Isamu Noguchi was one of the most prolific and protean creative forces of the 20th century and a key figure in the development of organic modernism. Noguchi’s sculptures and designs — his chairs and tables as well as his timeless Akari lamp and other lighting fixtures — share a common spirit: one of lyrical abstraction, tempo and flow and harmonious balance.
Noguchi was born in Los Angeles to an American mother and Japanese father, and spent most of his childhood in Japan. He returned to the United States at age 13, went to high school in Indiana and enrolled at Columbia University to study medicine. At the same time, he took night courses in sculpture.
Within three months, Noguchi left college to pursue art full time. Noguchi was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1927 and traveled to Paris to work under Constantin Brancusi. It marked a turning point. Inspired by Brancusi, Noguchi embraced abstraction and began to sculpt in the expressive, rhythmic style that would be the hallmark of his work.
Once back in New York, Noguchi was introduced to design by what would become a lifelong collaboration creating sets for choreographer Martha Graham. His first industrial designs were in Bakelite: the sleek Measured Time kitchen timer created circa 1932, and his famed Zenith Radio Nurse intercom, from 1937.
Ten years later, Herman Miller introduced Noguchi’s now-iconic glass-topped coffee table with an articulated wooden base. His washi paper and bamboo Akari light sculptures, handmade in Japan, debuted in 1951. In the late 1950s, Noguchi designed for Knoll, creating such pieces as his dynamic Cyclone table and rocking stool.
For collectors, Noguchi’s furniture and lighting designs remain his most accessible work — they have the same power and presence that Noguchi brought to his art.
Find vintage Isamu Noguchi floor lamps, table lamps, coffee tables and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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