How High the Moon

Artist Shiro Kuramata (Japanese, 1934 - 1991)

Manufacturer Vitra (Swiss, founded 1950)

Date1986

MediumNickel plated metal with clear finish

DimensionsOverall: 26 × 37 × 32 3/4 inches (66.04 × 93.98 × 83.19 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis

Object number2016.63

On View

Not on view

Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionA large boxychair made of rigid metal mesh evoking the form of an upholstered armchair. The chair back is curved with straight sided-arms which curve in towards the seat. The chair appears to be floating above the ground with no visible support structure, as the four small cylindrical legs are also composed of the mesh.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Opening installation, The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, MO, October 14, 2001-April 17, 2002.

Selected Works by Ellsworth Kelly from Saint Louis Collections, The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, MO, April 27-October 26, 2002.

In the Still Epiphany, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, MO, April 5-October 27, 2012.

Provenance

Purchased from Vitra Edition, Easton, MD, by The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, MO, October 2000-November 2016;

Gift of the The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, MO to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.

Published References

Jeff Daniels, “Center Sets Out to be a Public Space and a Refuge for Study,” The St. Louis Post Dispatch (September 9, 2001): A1, (repro.).

Stephanie Simon, “Pulitzer Prizes ‘Un-Museum,’” The Los Angeles Times (October 21, 2001): 1, (repro.).

Stephanie Simon, “A Brush with the Unusual: Unmuseum is Built in St. Louis,” (Nov. 23, 2001): A23.

Ned Cramer, "Ando in St. Louis," Architecture (December 2001): 84-95, (repro.).

Claudia Steinberg, "Elite-Temple," German Vogue (January 2002): 68-70, (repro.).

Shinkenchiku, "Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts" (March 2002): 11, (repro.).

Eddie Silva, "Pulitzer Prized," Riverfront Times (September 19-25, 2001): 58.

Maria Baran, "Putting the 'Grand' Back in Grand Center," The University News

(January 24, 2002): (repro.).

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