Frenchman's Cove Dining Table, 1981

Details

GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)
Frenchman's Cove Dining Table, 1981
walnut, rosewood
28 1/2 x 60 5/8 x 34 3/4 in. (72.4 x 154 x 88.3 cm)
inscribed HAND & SPIRIT

Provenance

Joanne Rapp Gallery/The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, Arizona, commissioned directly from the artist, 1981
Private Collection, Arizona
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

G. Wald, The Soul of a Tree: A Woodworker’s Reflections, George Nakashima, New York, 1981, pp. 174, 179, 185,
D. Ostergard, George Nakashima: Full Circle, New York, 1989, pp. 124-125, no. 8
George Nakashima Woodworkers, catalog, New Hope, 2001, pp. 5, 10-11
M. Nakashima, Nature Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, pp. 166, 167
R. Delphia, Nakashima Revealed: The Carnegie Mellon Collection, exh cat., Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, 2007, p. 38
George Nakashima Woodworker, catalog, Princeton, 2008, pp. 18, 21

Special notice

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Further details

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

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Lot Essay

A rare example of this form with a single-slab top, featuring free edges, knot and butterfly details.

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