Estimate: $50,000 - $70,000
Auction: May 18, 2023 12:00 PM EDT
American black walnut, rosewood, hickory
Book-matched top with four butterflies
One table leaf signed and dated: "George Nakashima May 1966"
The chairs each 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, pp. 174-175, 179, 185
Mira Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit, p. 167
For the chairs:
Derek Ostergard, George Nakashima: Full Circle, p. 154
George Nakashima, studio catalogue, unpaginated
George Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree, p. 142
Mira Nakashima, Nature Form & Spirit, pp. 96, 163
Note
This lot is sold with a digital copy of the original order card from George Nakashima, Woodworker.