Flower Vase #3 | Phillips, de Pury & Company

Estimated value: 2500-3500 US$

Auction:
21-20th Century Design Art

Sales date: 2002-11-19

Location:
New York

Lot number: 10

Design

Shiro Kuramata
Year 1989
Manufacturer Ishimaru Co., Ltd.

Architonic id

4104178

After producing `Miss Blanche,' Kuramata was captivated by the new charm of acrylic..In all these pieces the colored acrylic receives natural and artificial light, transforms and illuminates itself as if it were in gas or liquid form. The beautiful results were hard to express in words.
Keiji Nakamura / Hisae Igarashi Shirio Kuramata, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1996

Acrylic, glass tube
10 1/4 x 10 5/8 x 3 1/8 in. (26 x 27 x 8 cm)

Literature:
Shiro Kuramata, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1996, p. 20