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7 SORI YANAGI Early “Butterfly” stool, 1960s Molded rosewood-veneered plywood, brass. 14 7/8 x 16 1/2 x 12 in. (37.8 x 41.9 x 30.5 cm) Manufactured by Tendo Mokko, Japan. Underside signed in pen “52” twice. Estimate: $3,000-5,000 LITERATURE Kathryn Heisinger and George Marcus, Design since 1945, exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1983, pl. 16, pp. 52 and 137; Kathryn B. Hiesinger and Felice Fischer, Japanese Design: A Survey Since 1950, Philadelphia and New York, 1995, p. 64, fig. 27; Charlotte and Peter Fiell, 1000 Chairs, Cologne, 1997, p. 327 (via Phillips de Pury & Company: SORI YANAGI, Early “Butterfly” stool
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