Design 
30 March 2023
Design 
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Shiro Kuramata

Feather stool

Ishimaru Co., Ltd.
Japan, 1990
acrylic, aluminum, feathers 21 h × 13 w × 16 d in (53 × 33 × 41 cm)
estimate: $40,000–60,000
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This work is number 31 from an edition of 40.
provenance: Barry Friedman, New York | Distinguished Private Collection | Private Collection | Acquired from the previous in 2015 by the present owner
literature: Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, Hara et al., ppg. 74, 79, 196 Shiro Kuramata and Ettore Sottsass, 21_21 Design Sight exhibition catalog, ppg. 76, 211
An example of this design is in the permanent collection of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta.

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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