Property from a Distinguished Private Collector, New York
Shiro Kuramata
Set of Four "Sing Sing Sing" Armchairs
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October 20, 06:11 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Property from a Distinguished Private Collector, New York
Shiro Kuramata
Set of Four "Sing, Sing, Sing" Armchairs
designed 1985
manufactured by XO, France
chrome-plated tubular steel, steel mesh, leather upholstery
each impressed XO
34 x 20 3/4 x 30 in. (86.4 x 52.7 x 76.2 cm) each
Arata Isozaki and Ettore Sottsass, Shiro Kuramata 1967-1987, Tokyo, 1988, p. 97
Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, exh. cat., Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1996, pp. 20-21, 50 and 175-176
Ettore Sottsass, "Una Mostra Dedicata a Shiro Kuramata," Domus, December 1996, p. 55
Charlotte and Peter Fiell, 1000 Chairs, Cologne, 2000, p. 574
Jerryll Habegger and Joseph H. Osman, Sourcebook of Modern Furniture, New York, 2005, p. 217
Deyan Sudjic, Shiro Kuramata Essays & Writings, London, 2013, pp. 140 (for a drawing of the model) and 335
