Mira Nakashima (American, b. 1942) Fine "Minguren I" Coffee Table, George Nakashima Woodworker, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 2008

English walnut, American black walnut, laurel
The single-board top with three laurel butterflies to top and one laurel butterfly to underside
Signed, dated, and inscribed with client's name: "Mira Nakashima October 20. 2008", "Halaburt"

H: 15, W: 36, D: 40 1/2 in.

Note

This lot is sold with a digital copy of an original preparatory drawing for the present lot, signed and dated: "Mira Nakashima May 1. 2006" and a digital copy of the original invoice from George Nakashima Woodworker.

Literature

George Nakashima, studio catalogue, c. 1969, unpaginated (model illustrated)
George Nakashima Woodworkers, studio catalogue, c. 2005, p. 3 (model illustrated)
George Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree, pp. 173, 181, 182 (model illustrated)
Mira Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit, pp. 200, 202, 226 (model illustrated)
Derek Ostergard, George Nakashima: Full Circle, pp. 132-133 (model illustrated)

Provenance

Commissioned directly from Mira Nakashima and George Nakashima Woodworker

Property from the Estate of Geoffrey Halaburt