Property from an Esteemed Private Collection
Shiro Kuramata
How High the Moon Sofa
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Shiro Kuramata
1934 - 1991
How High the Moon Sofa
nickel plated steel mesh
manufactured by Ishimaru Co. Ltd., for Idée, Tokyo
71.5 by 156.2 by 83 cm. 28⅛ by 61½ by 32⅝ in.
Designed in 1986, this work is from an edition of 30, of which 23 are in nickel plate, and 7 in copper plate.
Private Collection
Phillips de Pury & Co., London, 3 April 2008, lot 124
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Charlotte and Peter Fiell, Chaises - 1000 chefs-d'oeuvre du design du XIXe siècle à nos jours, Paris 2013, p. 600, illustration for the model
