Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
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.
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Chrome, Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Steel
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Steel, Chrome, Iron
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Stainless Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Metal
1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Hardwood, Paint
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Steel
1960s Central American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Enamel, Steel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Metal
1960s Central American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Carrara Marble, Aluminum
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Steel, Chrome
2010s North American Mid-Century Modern Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Laminate
21st Century and Contemporary North American Mid-Century Modern Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Metal
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Chrome, Iron
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Chrome, Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Metal
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Steel, Chrome
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Chrome
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Laminate
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Steel, Chrome
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isamu Noguchi Dining Room Tables
Stainless Steel