Mira Nakashima (American, b. 1942) Fine "Conoid" Bench, George Nakashima Woodworker, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 2007

American black walnut, hickory, laurel
The single-board seat with five laurel butterflies
Signed, dated, and inscribed with client's name: "Mira Nakashima August 9. 2007", "Halaburt"

H: 32 1/2, L: 99, D: 41 1/2 in.

Note

This lot is sold with a digital copy of a preparatory drawing for the present lot, signed and dated: "Mira Nakashima May 5, 2006" and a digital copy of the original invoice from George Nakashima Woodworker.

Literature

Jo Lauria and Steve Fenton, Craft in America, pp. 58-59 (model illustrated)
Derek Ostergard, George Nakashima: Full Circle, pp. 156-157 (model illustrated)
George Nakashima, studio catalogue, c. 1969, unpaginated (model illustrated)
George Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree, p.151, 164-165 (model illustrated)
James A. Michener Art Museum, George Nakashima and the Modernist Moment, pp. 34-35 (model illustrated)
Mira Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit, p. 176 (model illustrated)
The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, George Nakashima: A Master's Furniture and Philosophy, pp. 18-19 (model illustrated)

Provenance

Commissioned directly from Mira Nakashima and George Nakashima Woodworker

Property from the Estate of Geoffrey Halaburt