ID 1230207
Lot 106 | GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 70 000
'Sanso' Dining Table, circa 1965
American black walnut, rosewood
27 x 65 1/8 x 55 in. (68.6 x 165.5 x 139.7 cm)
inscribed with original owner's name Warner
Provenance
Lin-Weinberg Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York
Wright, 24 March 2016, lot 107
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
G. Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree: A Woodworker's Reflections, New York, 1981, pp. 176-177
S. Nagami, Woodwork, Japan, 1997, p. 217
George Nakashima Woodworker, catalogue, New Hope, 2001, p. 4
M. Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, pp. 226-227
George Nakashima Woodworker, catalogue, New Hope, 2008, pp. 18, 20
T. Skinner, Esherick, Maloof, Nakashima: Homes of the Master Wood Artisans, Atglen, 2009, p. 146
M. Nakashima, George Nakashima Woodworkers: Process Book, New Hope, 2023, p. 83 (for a drawing)
Further details
Top features book-matched top with expressive, heart-cut grain, fissures, and free-edges bridged by five butterfly joints.
This lot is accompanied by a letter of authentication from Mira Nakashima.
| Artist: | George Nakashima (1905 - 1990) |
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| Medium: | Wood, Walnut |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables, Dining tables |
| Artist: | George Nakashima (1905 - 1990) |
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| Medium: | Wood, Walnut |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables, Dining tables |
| Address of auction |
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