Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

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Property from an Important Private Collection

Shiro Kuramata

Glass Chair

Auction Closed

May 25, 06:32 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important Private Collection

Shiro Kuramata

Glass Chair


circa 1976

number 22 from an edition of 40

produced by Mihoya Glass, Tokyo

glass

35 x 35 3/8 x 23 5/8 in. (88.9 x 89.8 x 60 cm)

Barry Friedman, New York
Christie's New York, Barry Friedman: The Eclectic Eye, March 24, 2014, lot 24
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Tanaka Ikko and Koike Kazuko, Japan Design: The Four Seasons in Design, San Francisco, 1984, p. 118, no. 49
Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, exh. cat., Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, 1996, pp. 24, 42-43 and 149
Arata Isozaki, Shiro Kuramata and Ettore Sottsass, Shiro Kuramata 1967-1987, Tokyo, Japan, 1988, p. 57
Deyan Sudjic, Shiro Kuramata: Essays and Writings, London, 2013, front cover and pp. 93-94
Deyan Sudjic, Shiro Kuramata: Catalogue of Works, London, 2013, p. 297