SHIRO KURAMATA (1934-1991)

Lot 124
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Lot 124 | SHIRO KURAMATA (1934-1991)
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 20 000
SHIRO KURAMATA (1934-1991)
'How High the Moon' Sofa, Model No. 446, designed 1986
manufactured by Ishimaru Co. Ltd., for Idée, Japan
nickel-plated steel mesh
27 ½ x 58 7/8 x 32 ½ in. (69.9 x 149.4 x 82.6 cm)




Provenance

Friedman Benda, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2018



Literature

K. B. Hiesinger and F. Fischer, Japanese Design: A Survey Since 1950, New York, 1995, pp. 162-163, no. 186 (for the single version)
A. von Vegesack, et. al., eds., 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exh. cat., Weil am Rhein, 1996, cover, pp. 200-201 and 266, no. 85 (for the single version)
Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, exh. cat., Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1996, pp. 2-3, 20-21, 56-57 and 59, no. 15; 180-181, no. 7 (for the single version)
D. Sudjic, Shiro Kuramata: Essays & Writings, London, 2013, pp. 102 and 140 (for drawings of the single version), 114, 139-139 (for the single version)
D. Sudjic, Shiro Kuramata: Catalogue of Works, London, 2013, pp. 233, 340 (for the single version)



Further details

The single version of this model can be found in the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. no. 1988.186).

Christie's would like to thank Kuramata Design Office for her assistance with the authentication and cataloguing of this lot.
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