Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000
Auction: May 18, 2023 12:00 PM EDT
American black walnut, rosewood
Book-matched top with three butterflies
Accompanied by a post-production walnut plaque, inscribed and signed by George Nakashima
Provenance
Commissioned directly from George Nakashima
The Collection of John H. Letcher, PhD, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Literature
George Nakashima, studio catalogue, unpaginated
George Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree, p. 185
Mira Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit, pp. 147, 174, 223
Note
This lot is sold with a digital copy of the original preparatory drawing, signed and dated by George Nakashima, and a digital copy of the original order card from George Nakashima, Woodworker.