May 12, 2022 11:00 EST

Design

 
  Lot 51
 

51

George Nakashima
Exceptional English Walnut "Conoid" Desk, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1972

English walnut, walnut, rosewood, hickory

H: 29, L: 93 3/4, D: 37 1/2 in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Acquired from the above
Property from a Private New Jersey Collection

Sold for $75,600
Estimated at $70,000 - $100,000


 

English walnut, walnut, rosewood, hickory

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Acquired from the above
Property from a Private New Jersey Collection

Note

This lot is sold with a digital copy of the original order card from George Nakashima Woodworkers and a letter of authentication from Mira Nakashima.

Literature

Derek Ostergard, George Nakashima: Full Circle, p. 123
George Nakashima, studio catalogue, unpaginated
James A. Michener Art Museum, George Nakashima and the Modernist Moment, pp. 52-53

Mira Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit, pp. 172, 179-180

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