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Property from Carnegie Museum of Art, Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund

George Nakashima, Table Lamp

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December 12, 06:50 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

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Property from Carnegie Museum of Art, Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund

George Nakashima

Table Lamp


circa 1962

American black walnut, parchment shade

24 ⅝ in. (62.6 cm) high

12 ½ in. (31.8 cm) maximum diameter

Commissioned directly from the artist by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney M. Feldman, Pittsburgh, circa 1962

Gifted from the above to the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1977

George Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree: A Woodworker's Reflections, New York, 1988, pp. 39, 186-187 (for related examples), 189 (for a sketch of a related example)

Mira Nakashima, Nature Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, pp. 55, 109, 216-217 (for related examples)

Alberto Aquilino et al., George Nakashima, South Korea, 2006, pp. 9 (for the present model) pp. 22-23, 33 (for related examples)

Derek E. Ostergard, George Nakashima: Full Circle, London, 1989, p. 172, pls. 37-38 (for related examples)