GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)

Lot 99
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Lot 99 | GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)
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$ 50 000 – 70 000
GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)
Important 'Conoid' Low Table, circa 1989
executed in Takamatsu, Japan by George Nakashima
Claro walnut burl, walnut
11 ¾ x 46 ½ x 35 in. (39.8 x 118.1 x 88.9 cm)
branded Nakashima and with applied handwritten note by Mira Nakashima to the underside




Provenance

Sakura Seisakusho, Takamatsu
Thence by descent to the present owner



Literature

The Soul of a Tree – George Nakashima, exh. cat., Odakyu Museum, Tokyo, 1993, p. 116
S. Nagami, Woodwork, Japan, 1997, pp. 56-57
George Nakashima Woodworker, catalogue, New Hope, 2001, p. 2
M. Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, cover, pp. 146-147, 173, 194-197 (for a discussion of Nakashima's collaboration with Sakura)
George Nakashima Woodworker, catalogue, New Hope, 2008, p. 15
T. Merrill and J. V. Iovine, eds., Modern Americana: Studio Furniture from High Craft to High Glam, New York, 2008, pp. 128-129
T. Skinner, Esherick, Maloof, Nakashima: Homes of the Master Wood Artisans, Atglen, 2009, p. 124
M. Nakashima, George Nakashima Woodworkers: Process Book, New Hope, 2023, pp. 22, 79 (for a drawing)



Exhibited

Tokyo, Japan, Odakyu Department Store, May 1991



Further details

Table features thick-cut burl slab with continuous free edge and burled edge detail.
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