ID 1230320
Lot 111 | SHIRO KURAMATA (1934-1991)
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
Unique 'Sydney' Chair, Model No. 497, designed 1987
brush box wood, chromed tubular steel
28 ¾ x 23 5/8 x 32 ¼ in. (73 x 60 x 82 cm)
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist, 1987
Literature
Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, exh. cat., Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1996, pp. 184-185, no. 7
D. Sudjic, Shiro Kuramata: Catalogue of Works, London, 2013, pp. 234, 351
Exhibited
The Rocks, Sydney, The House of Fiction: Domestic Blueprints in Wood, Crafts Council of New South Wales, 1988, n.p. (present lot illustrated)
Further Details
Christie's would like to thank Kuramata Design Office for her assistance with the authentication and cataloguing of this lot.
| Artist: | Shiro Kuramata (1934 - 1991) |
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| Medium: | Wood |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs |
| Artist: | Shiro Kuramata (1934 - 1991) |
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| Medium: | Wood |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs |
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