Vitra Freeform Sofa without Ottoman yellowish green / maple stained walnut colour, Isamu Noguchi, 1946

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Vitra Freeform Sofa without Ottoman yellowish green / maple stained walnut colour

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Freeform Sofa without Ottoman by Vitra (Isamu Noguchi, 1946) in fabric Soft yellowish green, feet maple stained walnut colour: Two examples of Noguchi's predilection for sculptural lines are his Freeform Sofa and Ottoman, the shapes of which are reminiscent of river pebbles. Noguchi himself described his design as "soft rock". Thanks to its organic shape and the natural tones of its upholstery fabric the sofa has a light, elegant feel, despite its voluminous form. Vitra Design Museum Collection.

Wooden beech frame, classic upholstery, removable fabric cover, legs natural maple or stained walnut colour.

Freeform Sofa: 720 x 3000 x 1300 mm.
Ottoman: 380 x 1200 x 710 mm.

Product.Nr.: 210182001-2-17

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Designer furniture and Akari lightings by Isamu Noguchi

Isamu Noguchi, born in 1904 in Los Angeles to the Japanese poet Yone Noguchi and the American writer Leonie Gilmour, studied at Columbia University and the Leonardo da Vinci Art School. He subsequently established his first independent studio and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1927. He then worked as an assistant to Constantin Brancusi in Paris and presented his first solo exhibition in New York. He studied brush drawing in China and worked with ceramics under Jinmatsu Uno in Japan. His experiences living and working in different cultural circles are reflected in his work as an artist. Isamu Noguchi is considered a universal talent with a creative oeuvre that went beyond sculpture to encompass stage sets, furniture, lighting, interiors as well as outdoor plazas and gardens. His sculptural style is indebted to a vocabulary of organic forms and exerted a sustained influence on the design of the 1950s. “My father, Yone Noguchi, is Japanese and has long been known as an interpreter of the East to the West, through poetry. I wish to fulfill my heritage”, he wrote in his proposal for a Guggenheim Fellowship. Isamu Noguchi died in New York in 1988.