Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000
Auction: May 18, 2023 12:00 PM EDT
American black walnut, hickory
Each inscribed with client's name
Each chair 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
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 digital copies of the original preparatory drawings, signed and dated by George Nakashima, and digital copies of the original order cards from George Nakashima, Woodworker.