Sold for:
$3,500

Isamu Noguchi

Radio Nurse and Guardian Ear
Zenith Radio Co.
USA, 1937 Bakelite, enameled steel 7 w x 6 d x 8½ h in (18 x 15 x 22 cm)
result: $3,500






Guardian Ear measures: 4.25 w x 8.25 d x 6.25 h inches. Signed with molded manufacturer’s marks to Radio Nurse: [Zenith Radio Nurse Design by Noguchi]. Signed with applied metal tag to Guardian Ear: [Guardian Ear of the Radio Nurse Zenith Radio Corp. Chicago].
literature: Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design , Eisenbrand, Posch and von Vegesack, ppg. 110-111


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Date:
2012-10-18

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