Shiro Kuramata

from the edition of 56

Kuramata Design Office, Tokyo
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Matthias Dietz, Japan Design, Cologne, 1992, pp. 74-75
Makoto Uyeda, ed., Shiro Kuramata: 1934-1991, exh. cat., Tokyo, 1996, pp. 26-27, 39-40, no.1, p. 48, 187, no. 8, p. 192, no. 4
Alexander von Vegesack, et al., 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exh. cat., Weil am Rhein, 1996, cover, pp. 179, 204-205
Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, exh. cat., Tokyo, 1996, pp. 39-40, no. 1, p. 187, no. 8
Domus, no. 788, December 1996, p. 56
Charlotte & Peter Fiell, eds, 1000 Chairs, Cologne, 2000, p. 599
Jean-Louis Gaillemin, ed., Design Contre Design: Deux siècles de créations, exh, cat., Paris, 2007, p. 301
Shiro Kuramata and Ettore Sottsass, exh. cat., Tokyo, 2010, p. 68 (for a drawing), pp. 69, 208, 211, no. 27
Deyan Sudjic, Shiro Kuramata: Essays and Writings, London, 2013, pp. 77, 104-105
Deyan Sudjic, Shiro Kuramata: Catalogue of Works, London, 2013, p. 362, no. 541

Overall very good condition consistent with age. There is a small scratch to inside edge at proper front arm (approximately 1 inch). Additionally, there is a surface scuff to outside edge of proper left arm (approximately 9 inches) and a faint scuff to lower quadrant of front edge of back rest (approximately 4 inches), all of which are consistent with a work of this age and generally not visually obtrusive. There is a faint yellowing to glue securing horizontal acrylic panes behind the backrest. Again, this is consistent with a work of this age, not visually obtrusive and generally only visible when viewed from directly above. The anodized aluminum legs in very good condition with little to no fading and with a few scattered scuffs, scratches and nicks. There is a minute chip to interior corner of proper left (front corner) arm rest. Overall the work presents exceptionally well- a true icon of 20th century design.
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