Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne
Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne
Property from the Collection of Curtis Lee Smith, Jr.
George Nakashima and Mira Nakashima
Six Conoid Chairs
Auction Closed
May 25, 06:32 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Curtis Lee Smith, Jr.
George Nakashima and Mira Nakashima
Six Conoid Chairs
1986-1992
comprising four chairs executed by George Nakashima and two chairs executed by Mira Nakashima
American black walnut, hickory
one signed George Nakashima and dated Dec 5 1986, three signed George Nakashima and dated May 25 1989, two signed Nakashima and dated 2.6.92
35 1/2 x 20 x 21 in. (90.2 x 50.8 x 53.3 cm) each
Commissioned directly from the artists by the present owner
George Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree: A Woodworker's Reflections, New York, 1988, pp. 108, 143 (for drawings of the model), 167, 169, 177, 183, 187
Derek E. Ostergard, George Nakashima: Full Circle, exh. cat., American Craft Museum, New York, 1989, p. 155
Mira Nakashima, Nature Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, pp. 173-175, 195, 212-213 (for photographs of the model in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), 215-216 (for photographs of the model in Nelson Rockefeller's Japanese House, Pocantico Hills, New York, 1974), 223, 226-227, 248
Edward S. Cooke, Jr., Gerald W.R. Ward and Kelly H. L'Ecuyer, The Maker's Hand: American Studio Furniture, 1940-1990, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2003, p. 30
Derek E. Ostergard, George Nakashima: Full Circle, exh. cat., American Craft Museum, New York, 1989, p. 155
Mira Nakashima, Nature Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, pp. 173-175, 195, 212-213 (for photographs of the model in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), 215-216 (for photographs of the model in Nelson Rockefeller's Japanese House, Pocantico Hills, New York, 1974), 223, 226-227, 248
Edward S. Cooke, Jr., Gerald W.R. Ward and Kelly H. L'Ecuyer, The Maker's Hand: American Studio Furniture, 1940-1990, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2003, p. 30