Property from a Private North East Collection
George Nakashima
"Frenchman’s Cove II" Dining Table
Auction Closed
June 6, 04:43 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
George Nakashima
"Frenchman’s Cove II" Dining Table
1964
comprising two extension leaves
American black walnut, rosewood
signed George Nakashima and dated 1964
28 ⅝ x 71 ⅝ x 40 ½ in. (72.7 x 181.9 x 102.9 cm) closed
28 ⅝ x 104 ½ x 40 ½ in. (72.7 x 265.4 x 102.9 cm) fully extended
WYETH, Sagaponack
Acquired from the above by the present owner
George Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree: A Woodworker's Reflections, Tokyo, 1981, p. 185 (for a sketch of the model)
Michael A. Stone, Contemporary American Woodworkers, Layton, UT, 1986, pp. 22-23 (for a related example)
George Nakashima Woodworkers, catalogue, New Hope, PA, 1995, pp. 5 (for a sketch of the model) and 10-11 (for a related example)
Mira Nakashima, Nature, Form, & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, p. 167 (for a related example)
Mira Nakashima, George Nakashima Woodworkers: Process Book, New Hope, PA, 2023, p. 83 (for a sketch of the model)
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