GEORGE NAKASHIMA | THREE CHESTS OF DRAWERS

Auction Closed

October 7, 07:54 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the D. H. McCowan Collection

GEORGE NAKASHIMA

THREE CHESTS OF DRAWERS

1958

walnut, oak, glass

first: 29¾ x 36 x 19 in. (75.5 x 91.4 x 48.2 cm)

second: 29¾ x 36 x 20 in. (75.5 x 91.4 x 50.8 cm)

third: 31¾ x 36 x 20 in. (80.6 x 91.4 x 50.8 cm)

D. H. McCowan, Bend, Oregon, commissioned directly from the artist, 1958

Thence by descent to the present owner

George Nakashima Woodworker, cat., New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1995, p. 19

Mira Nakashima, Nature Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, p. 83 (for a pencil drawing of the model from a 1995 catalogue)