Early ‘How High the Moon’ chair, c. 1986
Nickel-plated expandable steel. 71.1 cm. (28 in.) high
Manufactured by Terada Tekkojo, Japan. From an edition of approximately 30-40.
PROVENANCE Design, Bonhams, London, 20 May 1998, Lot 245
LITERATURE Matthias Dietz and Michael Mönninger, Japan Design, Cologne, 1992, p. 68; Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, exh. cat., Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1996, p. 60, pl. 4 and p. 181, pl. 71; Ettore Sottsass Jr., ‘Una Mostra Dedicata a Shiro Kuramata’, Domus, 1996, p. 55; Charlotte and Peter Fiell, 1000 Chairs, Cologne, 1997, p. 575; Akari Matsuura, Japan Design-to the New Generation, Japan, 2001, p. 76
‘The darkest night would shine / If you would come to me soon / Until you will, how still my heart / How high the moon…’ Shiro Kuramata designed ‘How High the Moon’ in 1986. That same year he signed a production and distribution agreement with Teruo Kurosaki’s Idée,...
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