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Materials:

Acrylic, synthetic roses, anodised tubular aluminium

Measurements:

35.75 in. (90.80 cm.) (height) by 24.72 in. (62.80 cm.) (width) by 23.54 in. (59.80 cm.) (width)

Edition:

Ed of 56

Description:

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Literature:

Ko Tanaka, ed., Star piece: sketch of image by Shiro Kuramata, Tokyo, 1991, passim for drawings; Matthias Dietz and Michael Mönninger, Japanese Design, Cologne, 1994, front cover, pp. 74-75; Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, exh. cat., Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1996, pp. 26-27, 39-40, fig. 1, p. 48, p. 187, fig. 8, p. 192 , fig. 4; Alexander von Vegesack, et al., eds., 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1996, p. 205; Ettore Sottsass, 'An Exhibition Dedicated to Shiro Kuramata', Domus, no. 788, December 1996, p. 56; Akari Matsuura, Japan Design to the new generation, Japan, 2001, p. 77; 'Kuramata's Tokyo', Domus, no. 858, April 2003, pp. 121, 126; Phaidon Design Classics, Volume Three, London, 2006, no. 878 for an image and a drawing; Jean-Louis Gaillemin, ed., Design Contre Design: Deux siècles de créations, exh. cat., Galerie Nationale du Grand Palais, Paris, 2007, p. 301; Glenn Adamson and Jane Pavitt, eds., Postmodernism: Style and Subversion, 1970-1990, exh. cat., Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2011, p. 153; Shiro Kuramata and Ettore Sottsass, exh. cat., 21_21 Design Sight, Tokyo, 2011, p. 68 for a drawing, p. 69, p. 208 for a detail, p. 211, fig. 27; Deyan Sudjic, Shiro Kuramata: Essays & Writings, London, 2013, pp. 77, 104-105; Deyan Sudjic, Shiro Kuramata: Catalogue of Works, London, 2013, p. 362, no. 541

Provenance:

Paul Hughes Fine Art, London; Moore Gallery, Switzerland, 2014; Acquired directly from the above by the present owner