'Slab' Coffee Table, 1967

Details

GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)
'Slab' Coffee Table, 1967
expressive single-slab top with two free edges, burls, fissures and butterfly joint
English walnut
14 3⁄4 x 79 3⁄4 x 28 1⁄2 in. (37.5 x 202.5 x 72.3 cm)

Provenance

Private Collection, commissioned directly from the artist, 1967
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

George Nakashima Woodworkers, catalog, New Hope, 2001, p. 13
M. Nakashima, Nature Form & Spirit, the Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, p. 106
R. Delphia, Nakashima The Carnegie Mellon Collection Revealed, Pittsburgh, 2007, p. 23 (for a related Slab coffee table)
George Nakashima Woodworker, catalog, Princeton, 2008, p. 33

Further Details

This lot is accompanied by a copy of the original order card.

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Lot Essay

Expressive single-slab top with two free edges, burls, fissures and butterfly joint.

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