ISAMU NOGUCHI ‘CYCLONE’ DINING TABLE (47.25")

Initially conceived as a rocking stool, Isamu Noguchi’s playful design caught the attention of Hans Knoll who thought it a perfect complement to the Bertoia wire collection. At the suggestion of Hans Knoll, Noguchi adapted the stool into a small table in 1954, and a full-size dining table in 1957. The distinctive base features chrome-plated steel wires set into a cast-iron base.  The top is maple veneer on plywood cut with a knife's edge bevel. ISAMU NOGUCHI was a sculptor, painter, ceramicist, and furniture and lighting designer. He 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 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 enrol