Contemporary Design 
11 January 2024
Contemporary Design 
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Shiro Kuramata

Flower vase #3

Ishimaru Co., Ltd.
Japan, 1989
acrylic, glass 10¼ h × 10¾ w × 3¼ d in (26 × 27 × 8 cm)
estimate: $2,500–3,500
result: $10,710
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provenance: Bonhams & Butterfields, Los Angeles, 20th Century Decorative Arts featuring Contemporary Studio Works, 22 September 2008, Lot 1351 | Private Collection, California
literature: Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, Hara et al., ppg. 64, 69, 193

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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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