Unique 'Sydney' Chair, Model No. 497, designed 1987

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SHIRO KURAMATA (1934-1991)
Unique 'Sydney' Chair, Model No. 497, designed 1987
brush box wood, chromed tubular steel
28 ¾ x 23 5/8 x 32 ¼ in. (73 x 60 x 82 cm)

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist, 1987

Literature

Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, exh. cat., Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1996, pp. 184-185, no. 7
D. Sudjic, Shiro Kuramata: Catalogue of Works, London, 2013, pp. 234, 351

Exhibited

The Rocks, Sydney, The House of Fiction: Domestic Blueprints in Wood, Crafts Council of New South Wales, 1988, n.p. (present lot illustrated)

Further Details

Christie's would like to thank Kuramata Design Office for her assistance with the authentication and cataloguing of this lot.

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Lot Essay

Shiro Kuramata's 'Sydney' chair was designed for The House of Fiction: Domestic Blueprints in Wood exhibition held by the Crafts Council of New South Wales in Sydney in 1988. The exhibition focused on creations by designers that featured domestic timber, such as the present Australian brush box wood. Only one of these chairs was created with this wood type, with one other produced using chipboard, or Oriented Strand Board (OSB), tinted with a pearly pink finish. The present lot is a unique work exhibiting Kuramata's craftsmanship and ingenuity in modern design.

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