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Drawing, Design for Rocking Stool

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Isamu Noguchi. It is dated ca. 1955 and we acquired it in 2019. Its medium is graphite on yellow ruled paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Andrew van Styn. It is credited Gift of Andrew Van Styn from the estate of Don Magner.

Its dimensions are

31.5 × 20.3 cm (12 3/8 in. × 8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, top right: Noguchi

It is inscribed

Upper Center, circled: "Rocking Stool" / "Noguchi" Beneath: "Claire, where is Bertoia in office" Throughout: notations related to the sketches

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Rocking Stool; Designed by Isamu Noguchi (American, 1904–1988); graphite on yellow ruled paper; 31.5 × 20.3 cm (12 3/8 in. × 8 in.); Gift of Andrew Van Styn from the estate of Don Magner; 2019-28-169

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