Futura Akari 1AV Sun Print

Catalogue record

Catalogue ID

AK-47 · No. 47 / 51

Artist

Futura and Isamu Noguchi

Title

Futura Akari 1AV Sun Print

Year

c. 1954 / 2021

Medium

Green acrylic, marker and aerosol on screenprinted washi paper

Colour / finish

Hand-painted screenprint on washi paper (green sun)

Dimensions

61 × 48.3 cm (24 × 19 in.)

Edition

Edition 84 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. Green 1AV Sun print (as distinct from the 1AV Bowtie, AK-48): Noguchi's c. 1954 Akari 1A sun motif, screenprinted on washi and hand-painted by Futura in 2021. Acrylic, marker and aerosol; each of the 99 is unique. Acquired nine days after the first five Akari prints.

Provenance