Designed 1944, unsigned, Isamu Noguchi (1904 - 1988 American), unsigned, the circular dark brown-stained wood seat over a parabolic dark brown-stained veneered wooden leg and two straight black-painted tubular steel legs mounted with steel brackets to a plywood block mounted to underside of seat, 17.75'' H x 13.875'' W x 18.5'' D, est:$3000/5000
Literature: Alexander von Vegesack et al, eds., Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design, exh. Cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2002, pp. 120 - 124, models in different finishes illustrated p. 121.

Provenance: The Hastings Family Collection, La Canada, CA. Condition: Structurally sound. General marks, scratches, nicks and rubbed wear to surfaces. Top of seat with a few small, shallow gouges, and a few small white marks. Remnants of old clear tape applied along 6.25'' of bottom edge of seat corresponding to a 2'' stretch of dryness and shallow chipping. Lower 5'' of wooden leg with nicks and scraped wear to finish revealing bare wood and with chipped losses to veneer at bottom .25'' of corners. With one later replaced boot glide. Tool marks to mounting brackets.