GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)

Lot 219
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ID 779011
Lot 219 | GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)
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$ 8 000 – 10 000
GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)

Set of Three 'Amoeba' Nesting Tables, 1979

Each table with a highly figured, single-slab burl top.

French olive ash, English walnut

largest: 21 x 21 1⁄2 x 20 in. (53.3 x 54.6 x 50.8 cm)

each signed and dated George Nakashima Oct 1979





Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, 1979



Literature

D. Ostergard, George Nakashima Full Circle, New York, 1989, pp. 120-121, no. 4-6

The Soul of a Tree – George Nakashima, Toyama, 1993, pp. 62-63, no. 15-17

George Nakashima Woodworkers, catalog, New Hope, 2001, p. 7

M. Nakashima, Nature Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of Geroge Nakashima, New York, 2003, p. 93

George Nakashima Woodworker, catalog, Princeton, 2008, p. 24



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This lot is accompanied by a copy of the original order card and a copy of the original drawing.
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