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

"Slab" Coffee Table

Auction Closed

June 10, 03:47 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

George Nakashima

"Slab" Coffee Table 


circa 1960

English walnut, rosewood

14½ x 68⅜ x 40½ in. (36.8 x 173.7 x 102.9 cm)

Private Collection, New York, commissioned directly from the artist, 1960
DeLorenzo 1950, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1993
George Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree: A Woodworker's Reflections, New York, 1988, p. 188 (for a drawing of the model)
Mira Nakashima, Nature Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, p. 106 (for a related example)