$13,860
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000
Auction: May 18, 2023 12:00 PM EDT
American black walnut, hickory
Each signed and dated: "George Nakashima Dec 1983"
Provenance
Commissioned directly from George Nakashima
The Collection of John H. Letcher, PhD, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Literature
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 preparatory drawing for the present lot, signed and dated by George Nakashima, and a digital copy of the original invoice from George Nakashima, Woodworker.