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Lounge Table
Decorative Arts and Design
In 1944, Isamu Noguchi designed this low glass-topped table resting on organic-shaped walnut forms. To create it, he returned to the design of a unique object he had made in the late 1930s and revised it for manufacture by the Herman Miller company. Here, transparency is combined with balance, as the top is unfixed and the two support legs hinge at a single point.
DESIGNER
Isamu Noguchi, American, 1904–1988
MANUFACTURER
Herman Miller, Inc., American, 1923–present
MEDIUM
Glass, walnut
DATES
Designed 1944; Manufactured 1945
DIMENSIONS
Overall: 15 3/4 x 50 x 36 in. (40.0 x 127.0 x 91.4 cm);
Glass tabletop: 42 x 44 x 3/4 in. (106.7 x 111.8 x 1.9 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
76.96a-c
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Lawrence Herring
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Three-piece, three legged lounge table with an oiled walnut base and rounded-triangular, uncolored, polished plate glass top. Base is composed of two identical parts (a & b), each "L-shaped" with pointed ends and rounded corners. When assembled, the "L's" are joined at their tops and form an angle. One "L" rests on the floor on its long side, the short side extending up to support the tabletop (c). The other "L" is reversed, the long side supports the tabletop, and the short side forms a leg. The juncture of the two "L's" forms the third leg. A cylindrical solid metal pin of about 3 7/8 inches forms the juncture of the base along one "L" and fits into a hole in the second "L." The glass tabletop is about ¾ inch thick. Object is sub-lettered as follows: (a) base part with pin; (b) base part with hole; (c) glass top.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Isamu Noguchi (American, 1904–1988). Lounge Table, Designed 1944; Manufactured 1945. Glass, walnut, Overall: 15 3/4 x 50 x 36 in. (40.0 x 127.0 x 91.4 cm);. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Lawrence Herring, 76.96a-c. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 76.96_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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