Design 
30 March 2023
Design 
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Shiro Kuramata

Glass chair

Mihoya Glass Co., Ltd.
Japan, 1976
glass 35 h × 35½ w × 23¾ d in (89 × 90 × 60 cm)
estimate: $30,000–50,000
result: $47,880
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This chair is number 21 from the edition of 40.
provenance: Private Collection, Switzerland | Private Collection
literature: Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, Hara et al., fig. 3 The Works of Shiro Kuramata 1967-1981, Isozaki, unpaginated
An example of this design is in the permanent collection of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York.

This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.

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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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