$36,000
Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000
Auction: May 18, 2023 12:00 PM EDT
Cherry, hickory
Single-board table top with four butterflies
Table signed and dated: "George Nakashima Nov 23, 1987" and inscribed with client's name
Chairs each signed and dated: "George Nakashima Dec 5, 1986" and inscribed with client's name
Provenance
Commissioned directly from George Nakashima
Property from a Private Pennsylvania Family Collection
Literature
For the table:
George Nakashima, studio catalogue, unpaginated
George Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree, p. 188
Mira Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit, pp. 68-69
For the chairs:
Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf, Makers: A History of American Studio Craft, p. 248
Derek Ostergard, George Nakashima: Full Circle, p. 155
George Nakashima, studio catalogue, unpaginated
George Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree, pp. 38, 108, 140, 143-149, 152-153, 167, 169, 183
Mira Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit, pp. 172-175
Note
This lot is sold with a digital copy of the original order card from George Nakashima, Woodworker.