Tuesday 28 March 2017
Shiro Kuramata for Memphis Milan, a Nikko cabinet, designed and executed in 1982, lacquered wood...
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Price Realised: £6,500
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
Price realised is hammer price plus fees (30% Buyers Premium inclusive of VAT).
Lot 178
Description
Shiro Kuramata for Memphis Milan, a Nikko cabinet, designed and executed in 1982, lacquered wood and lacquered metal, silver label to reverse, Memphis, Made in Italy, Milano, Shiro Kuramata 1982, no 02, 175cm high x 57cm square
Note: Liberty and Co, London was granted the exclusive UK sale rights from Memphis for the duration of the celebrated Boiler House Project at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Shiro Kuramata was born in 1934 and studied architecture at the Tokyo Polytechnic until 1953. After graduating he started his career working for the Japanese furniture manufacturer Teikokukizai moving on to study residential design at the Kuwazawa Institute for Design in Tokyo. During a period from 1957-63 Shiro Kuramata worked for the Tokyo Department Store Maysuya. In 1965 he decided to break free from formal employment and he started his own design studio focusing on commercial projects and individual items of furniture.
In 1977 his design for a chest of drawers, Drawer in an Irregular Form, elevated his status in the design world and during the 1980's he designed several pieces of furniture for Memphis, including this chest entitled the Nikko cabinet.
Fees & VAT
Buyer's Premium
The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.
VAT
VAT is not charged on the hammer price unless it is stated that there is 'VAT applicable on the hammer price at the end of the description. Buyer's premium is subject to VAT.(ARR) - ARTIST'S RESALE RIGHT
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It applies to lots with hammer value over £1,000 as follows:
0 to £50,000 - 4%
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£200,000.01 to £350,000 - 1%
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Exceeding £500,000 - 0.25%
ARR is capped at £12,500
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