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

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
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)