Crafting Modernism: Masters of the American Studio Design Movement from the Pinnacle Art Collection

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George Nakashima

"Sanso" Dining Table from the International Paper Company, New York

Auction Closed

June 10, 03:47 PM GMT

Estimate

200,000 - 300,000 USD

Lot Details

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George Nakashima

"Sanso" Dining Table from the International Paper Company, New York


1980

American black walnut, rosewood

signed George Nakashima/IP and dated Sept 1980

28 x 89 x 79 in. (71.1 x 226.1 x 200.7 cm)

International Paper Company, New York, commissioned directly from the artist, 1980

Christie's East, December 7, 1989, lot 559

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Derek E. Ostergard, George Nakashima: Full Circle, exh. cat., American Craft Museum, New York, 1989, p. 87 (for a period photograph of Nakashima with a related example)
Mira Nakashima, Nature, Form, Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, p. 227 (for a related example)
Robert Aibel, "The Soul of Nakashima," Modern Magazine, March 2015, p. 81 (for the present lot illustrated)