Important Design 
10 December 2019
Important Design 
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Shiro Kuramata

How High the Moon double-seater

Ishimaru Co., Ltd.
Japan, 1986 / 2007
epoxy coated nickel-plated steel 27½ h × 58¾ w × 32¼ d in (70 × 149 × 82 cm)
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $16,250
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This work is number 24 from the edition of 30. Sold with a digital copy of the original certificate.
provenance: Private Collection, London | Wright, Important Design, 2 June 2009, Lot 115 | Private Collection, Paris
literature: Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, Hara et al., ppg. 21, 56-57, 59, 177, 181 Shiro Kuramata, Sudjic, pg. 340

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My ideal is to see objects floating in the air with no support; my design is born and evolves out of these images. I am attracted to transparent materials because transparency does not belong to any special place but it exists and is everywere, nevertheless.

Shiro Kuramata

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