'Luminous Chair', an acrylic chair
'Luminous Chair', an acrylic chair

DESIGNED BY SHIRO KURAMATA, 1969, MANUFACTURED BY ISHIMARU CO. LTD.

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'Luminous Chair', an acrylic chair
Designed by Shiro Kuramata, 1969, manufactured by Ishimaru Co. Ltd.
Luminous milk white moulded acrylic chair
50½in. (128.5cm) diameter

Lot Essay

In this design light, does not issue from a conventional source; a chair takes on a luminosity within its own space. This forging of different notions into one concept is typical of Kuramata's design aesthetic, at once a part of Pop and the Avantgarde.
The luminous chair is limited to an edition of 30.

Cf: Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Shiro Kuramata, Tokyo, 1996, section for 1969

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