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Shiro Kuramata

Acrylic Stool with Feathers

Ishimaru Co., Ltd.
Japan, 1990
acrylic, aluminum, dyed Mallard feathers 21 h × 13 w × 16 d in (53 × 33 × 41 cm)
estimate: $40,000–60,000
result: $37,800
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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: Essays and Writings, Catalogue of Works, Sudjic, ppg. 107, 380Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, Hara et al., ppg. 74, 79, 196 Shiro Kuramata and Ettore Sottsass, 21_21 Design Sight exhibition catalog, ppg. 76, 211

This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

This item is subject to CITES regulations. Rago Wright LLC. cannot provide the required documentation needed for export out of the United States; therefore, this item is only eligible for domestic shipping.
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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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