GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)

Lot 134
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Lot 134 | GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)
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$ 25 000 – 35 000
GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)

'Minguren II' Dining Table, 1988

Top features joined book-matched slabs spanned by three butterfly joints.

American black walnut, rosewood

28 1⁄2 x 72 x 40 1⁄2 in. (72.4 x 182.9 x 102.9 cm)

signed and dated George Nakashima Nov 12 1988





Provenance

George Sucato, New Jersey, acquired directly from the artist, 1988

Private Collection

Wright, Chicago, 14 December 2010, lot 258

Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

G. Wald, The Soul of a Tree: A Woodworker’s Reflections, George Nakashima, New York, 1981, p. 182

George Nakashima Woodworkers, catalog, New Hope, 2001, pp. 3 and 5

George Nakashima Woodworker, catalog, Princeton, 2008, p. 19



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