Akari Vintage

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Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari light sculpture, model 4N

$9,350

Isamu Noguchi Akari light sculpture, model 4N

Located in New York, NY

The Akari Light Sculpture, Model 4N by Isamu Noguchi is a celebrated example of the artist’s exploration of light, form, and traditional craftsmanship.

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1960s Akari Vintage

Materials

Steel

Early Akari floor lamp 10a designed by Isamu Noguchi for Ozeki Ltd.

By Ozeki & Co. Ltd. 1, Isamu Noguchi

Located in Offenburg, Baden Wurthemberg

Remarkable early AKARI 10a floor lamp with Washi Paper lampshade designed by Isamu Noguchi, manufactured by Ozeki, Japan in the 1960ies.

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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Akari Vintage

Materials

Steel

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Isamu Noguchi 1N Akari Lamp

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H 17 in Dm 10 in

Isamu Noguchi 1N Akari Lamp

By Ozeki & Co. Ltd. 1, Akari, Isamu Noguchi

Located in Pittsburgh, PA

Vintage Akari lamp designed by Isamu Noguchi. The timeless Noguchi design provides a sculptural form as well as a warm glowing source of light.

ISAMU NOGUCHI AKARI LAMPS

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H 12.2 in W 12.2 in D 12.2 in

ISAMU NOGUCHI AKARI LAMPS

Located in New York, NY

Isamu Noguchi (AMERICAN, 1904-1988) designed the Akari ceiling lamps (3) in the 1950s. All three pieces are signed.

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20th Century Japanese Akari Vintage

Ceiling Lamp Akari Designed by Isamu Noguchi for Akari, Japan, 1950s

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H 41.34 in Dm 0.01 in

Ceiling Lamp Akari Designed by Isamu Noguchi for Akari, Japan, 1950s

By Isamu Noguchi

Located in Stockholm, SE

Ceiling lamp Akari designed by Isamu Noguchi for Akari, Japan, 1950s.

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1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Akari Vintage

Materials

Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Lamp

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H 31.89 in W 18.12 in D 18.12 in

Isamu Noguchi Akari Lamp

By Ozeki & Co. Ltd. 1, Isamu Noguchi, Vitra

Located in London, GB

In 1951 the multidisciplinary artist Isamu Noguchi began designing Akari Light Sculptures – 100 of them. Akari means ‘light’ in Japanese.

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20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Akari Vintage

Materials

Metal

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H 61.03 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in

Akari N31 by Isamu Noguchi, Japan

By Isamu Noguchi

Located in Tokyo, Tokyo

Akari N31 pendant lamp by Isamu Noguchi, ribbing structure covered by washi paper manufactured according to the Japanese traditional procedures.

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1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Akari Vintage

H 64.5 in Dm 6 in

Pair of Noguchi Akari Bamboo Floor Lamps

By Isamu Noguchi

Located in NYC, NY

A pair of Akari light sculptures by Isamu Noguchi (Model BB3-X3) featuring a skinny bamboo stand on a black cast iron base.

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1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Akari Vintage

Isamu Noguchi Akari Lamp with Square Shade

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H 24 in W 12 in D 12 in

Isamu Noguchi Akari Lamp with Square Shade

By Isamu Noguchi

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Akari Noguchi lamp with no longer produced square paper shade on spider like tripod base.

Materials

Metal

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$2,150

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By Jean Besnard

Located in Stamford, CT

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1960s French Art Deco Akari Vintage

Materials

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Gad Aulenti Table Lamp for Artemide

$1,500

H 11.5 in Dm 9 in

Gad Aulenti Table Lamp for Artemide

By Gae Aulenti

Located in Brooklyn, NY

The "Pileino" is a small, versatile table lamp that allows the user to change both light intensity and direction by positioning the shade. Designed by Gae Aulenti for Artemide in 197...

$3,495

H 37.41 in W 33.47 in D 33.47 in

Sculptural Italian Bamboo and Rattan Lounge Chair, Italy, 1970s

By Paul Frankl

Located in Almelo, NL

Sculptural Italian Bamboo and Rattan Lounge Chair, Italy, 1970s A striking sculptural lounge chair crafted from bent bamboo and finely woven rattan, made in Italy during the 1970s. ...

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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Akari Vintage

Materials

Bamboo

Mid-Century Isamu Noguchi Hawkeye Measured Time Clock and Timer

$3,950

H 6 in W 5.5 in D 3.5 in

Mid-Century Isamu Noguchi Hawkeye Measured Time Clock and Timer

By Isamu Noguchi

Located in BROOKLYN, NY

Noguchi's first mass-produced design, completed circa 1932, predating his design for the "Radio Nurse" baby monitor by about five years. Produced by Stevenson Manufacturing...

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1930s American Mid-Century Modern Akari Vintage

Materials

Metal

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Akari Vintage For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic akari vintage available at 1stDibs. A akari vintage — often made from paper, bamboo and metal — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect akari vintage — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A akari vintage is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one akari vintage that is appealing in its simplicity, but Isamu Noguchi, Ozeki & Co. Ltd. and Akari produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Akari Vintage?

A akari vintage can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $4,500, while the lowest priced sells for $851 and the highest can go for as much as $6,500.

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.

Finding the Right Lighting for You

The right table lamp, outwardly sculptural chandelier or understated wall pendant can work wonders for your home. While we’re indebted to thinkers like Thomas Edison for critically important advancements in lighting and electricity, we’re still finding new ways to customize illumination to fit our personal spaces all these years later. A wide range of antique and vintage lighting can be found on 1stDibs.

Today, lighting designers like the self-taught Bec Brittain have used the flexible structure of LEDs to craft glamorous solutions by working with what is typically considered a harsh lighting source. By integrating glass and mirrors, reflection can be used to soften the glow from LEDs and warmly welcome light into any space.

Although contemporary innovators continue to impress, some of the classics can’t be beat.

Just as gazing at the stars allows you to glimpse the universe’s past, vintage chandeliers like those designed by Gino Sarfatti and J. & L. Lobmeyr, for example, put on a similarly stunning show, each with a rich story to tell.

As dazzling as it is, the Arco lamp, on the other hand, prioritizes functionality — it’s wholly mobile, no drilling required. Designed in 1962 by architect-product designers Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, the piece takes the traditional form of a streetlamp and creates an elegant, arching floor fixture for at-home use.

There is no shortage of modernist lighting similarly prized by collectors and casual enthusiasts alike — there are Art Deco table lamps created in a universally appreciated style, the Tripod floor lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Greta Magnusson Grossman's sleek and minimalist Grasshopper lamps and, of course, the wealth of mid-century experimental lighting that emerged from Italian artisans at Arredoluce, FLOS and many more are hallmarks in illumination innovation.

With decades of design evolution behind it, home lighting is no longer just practical. Crystalline shaping by designers like Gabriel Scott turns every lighting apparatus into a luxury accessory. A new installation doesn’t merely showcase a space; carefully chosen ceiling lights, table lamps and floor lamps can create a mood, spotlight a favorite piece or highlight your unique personality.

The sparkle that your space has been missing is waiting for you amid the growing collection of antique, vintage and contemporary lighting for sale on 1stDibs.