Futura Akari 1AR Bowtie Print

Catalogue record

Catalogue ID

AK-45 · No. 45 / 51

Artist

Futura and Isamu Noguchi

Title

Futura Akari 1AR Bowtie Print

Year

c. 1954 / 2021

Medium

Red acrylic, marker and aerosol on screenprinted washi paper

Colour / finish

Hand-painted screenprint on washi paper (red bowtie)

Dimensions

61 × 48.3 cm (24 × 19 in.)

Edition

Edition 44 of 99 (hand-painted unique)

Rarity

Edition

Collaboration

The Noguchi Museum

Authentication

Certificate of Authenticity (COA)

Collection

Private Collection, Melbourne

Description

Not a Pointman figure -- a Futura work from the Noguchi collaboration that sits beside the Pointman story. Red 1AR Bowtie colourway from the 2021 Futura Akari print series: Noguchi's c. 1954 Akari 1A design, screenprinted on washi in Japan and hand-painted by Futura in Noguchi's Long Island City studio. Acrylic, marker and aerosol; each of the 99 is unique.

Provenance