Junzo Sakakura - Design London Wednesday, November 2, 2022 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Objet d'art gallery, Tokyo
    WA Design Gallery, Paris, acquired from the above
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., Decorative Art 70s, Cologne, 2000, p. 99
    Junzo Sakakura, Architect: Living in Modernism, Housing, Furniture and Design, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama, 2009, pp. 99-100, 138-41, 165

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Two low lounge chairs, model no. 5016

designed 1957, produced circa 1980
Left: Teak-veneered plywood, fabric.
Right: Oak-veneered plywood, fabric.

Each: 64.5 x 55.4 x 67 cm (25 3/8 x 21 3/4 x 26 3/8 in.)
Manufactured by Tendō Mokkō, Tendō, Japan. Back of one chair with manufacturer's paper label printed with logo and TENDO and underside of other chair with manufacturer's paper label printed with logo and 天童木工.

Estimate
£4,000 - 6,000 Ω

Sold for £7,560

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Antonia King
Head of Sale, Design
+44 20 7901 7944
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Design

London Auction 2 November 2022