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Isamu Noguchi
Radio Nurse Receiver and Guardian Ear Transmitter with Original Box1937

Not on view
Two vintage speaker or radio housings: a cream-colored arched metal unit with horizontal grille slots to the left, and a larger glossy maroon ovoid molded plastic unit to the right
Industrial design object; cream-colored metal housing with arched top, rectangular form, mesh ventilation grilles on the side, vertical slits on the back panel, and a small embossed label plate at lower right.
Molded Bakelite speaker housing in deep brown, egg-shaped with a rounded top and horizontal ventilation slots on the front face, glossy surface with a streamlined Art Deco form.
Artist or Maker
Isamu Noguchi
United States, 1904-1988
Manufacturer
Zenith Radio Corporation
United States, Illinois, Chicago, founded 1918
Title
Radio Nurse Receiver and Guardian Ear Transmitter with Original Box
Date Made
1937
Medium
Bakelite, enameled steel, and paper
Dimensions
.1) Radio: 8 1/4 × 7 × 6 1/2 in. (20.96 × 17.78 × 16.51 cm) .2) Receiver: 6 3/8 × 4 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (16.19 × 10.8 × 20.96 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 2012 Decorative Arts and Design Acquisition Committee (DA2)
Accession Number
M.2012.37.1-.2
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.