Lot 165
  • 165

Shiro Kuramata

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 EUR
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Description

  • SHIRO KURAMATA
  • Fauteuil, How High the Moon, le modèle créé en 1986
  • Porte une étiquette métallique Vitra sous l'assise
  • nickel-plated steel mesh
  • Hauteur : 73 cm (28 3/4 in.) Largeur : 94 cm (37 in.) Profondeur : 83 cm (32 1/2 in.)
métal déployé grillagé, repose sur quatre pieds cylindriques

Provenance

Collection privée, France

Condition

Bon état général fines traces d'oxydation sur la structure en métal, quelques petites rayures de surface. Des petites traces de rouilles éparses. Good overall condition. Thin traces of oxidising on the surface and a few small traces of rust on the structure.
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Catalogue Note

Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, catalogue d'exposition, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1996, pp. 2-3, 56-57, 59, n. 15, et p. 181, n. 7
Ettore Sottsass, 'Una Mostra Dedicata a Shiro Kuramata', Domus, Décembre 1996, p. 55
Alberto Bassi, 'Shiro Kuramata : Il Design Transparente', Casabella, juillet-août 1999, p. 18
Charlotte et Peter Fiell, 1000 Chairs, éd. Taschen, Cologne, 2000, p. 575
Deyan Sudjic, Shiro Kuramata Essays & Writings, éd. Phaidon, Londres, 2013, p. 340