GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)

Lot 138
11.12.2024 14:00UTC -05:00
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$ 70 000
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ID 1356965
Lot 138 | GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)
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$ 70 000 – 100 000
GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)
'Minguren II' Coffee Table, 1987
executed in Takamatsu, Japan by George Nakashima
maple burl, American black walnut
15 x 45 ¼ x 41 3/8 in. (38 x 115 x 105 cm)
signed and dated George Nakashima May 22, 1987




Provenance

Sakura Seisakusho, Takamatsu
Mr. Kazuo Yamaguchi, 1987
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2023



Literature

S. Nagami, Woodwork, Tokyo, 1997, pp. 60-61 (present lot illustrated)



Exhibited

Tokyo, Odakyu department store, 6th George Nakashima exhibition, May 1987
Tokyo, Odakyu Museum, The Soul of a Tree-George Nakashima, March -April 1993, p. 79, no. 47 (present lot illustrated)
This exhibit traveled to Toyama, The Museum of Modern Art, April-May 1993; Asahikawa, Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art, June-July 1993; Osaka, Daimaru Museum, September 1993
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