Sori Yanagi - Design London Tuesday, September 20, 2016 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private collection, Tokyo

  • Literature

    Kathryn B. Hiesinger and George Marcus, Design Since 1945, exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1983, p. 52, pl. 16
    Kathryn B. Hiesinger and Felice Fischer, Japanese Design: A Survey Since 1950, Philadelphia and New York, 1995, p. 64, fig. 27
    Akari Matsuura, Japan Design to the new generation, Japan, 2001, p. 70

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Lot offered with No Reserve

Early 'Butterfly' stool, model no. S-0521/M

designed 1954
Indian rosewood-veneered plywood, tubular brass, brass.
38.7 x 42.7 x 30.8 cm (15 1/4 x 16 3/4 x 12 1/8 in.)
Manufactured by Tendō Mokkō, Tendō, Japan. Underside with manufacturer's paper label and twice incised 117.

Estimate
£3,000 - 5,000 Ω•

Sold for £625

Contact Specialist
Madalena Horta e Costa
Head of Sale
+44 20 7318 4019

Design

London Auction 21 September 2016