Futura Akari 1AY Bowtie Print

Catalogue record

Catalogue ID

AK-49 · No. 49 / 51

Artist

Futura and Isamu Noguchi

Title

Futura Akari 1AY Bowtie Print

Year

c. 1954 / 2021

Medium

Yellow acrylic, marker and aerosol on screenprinted washi paper

Colour / finish

Hand-painted screenprint on washi paper (yellow bowtie)

Dimensions

61 × 48.3 cm (24 × 19 in.)

Edition

Edition 2 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. Yellow 1AY Bowtie colourway from the 2021 Futura Akari print series: Noguchi's c. 1954 Akari 1A design, screenprinted on washi and hand-painted by Futura. Acrylic, marker and aerosol; each of the 99 is unique. Low edition number: 2 of 99.

Provenance