Important Design

Important Design

George Nakashima, "Conoid" Bench

Auction Closed

December 12, 06:50 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

George Nakashima

"Conoid" Bench


1977

American black walnut

inscribed STUDIO

31 ¾ x 85 x 29 ¾ in. (80.6 x 216 x 75.5 cm)

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, 1977

George Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree: A Woodworker’s Reflections, Tokyo, 1981, pp. 151, 164 and 165

Alberto Aquilino et al., George Nakashima, South Korea, 2006, pl. 8

James A. Michener Art Museum, George Nakashima and the Modernist Moment, Doylestown, PA, 2001, pp. 34-35

Mira Nakashima, Nature Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, pp. 147 and 173-176

Mira Nakashima, George Nakashima Process Book, New Hope, PA, 2023, pp. 18, 22, 28, 56, 71, 156 and 157

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