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Auction archive: Lot number 29

George Nakashima

Design
30 Apr 2009
Estimate
£70,000 - £90,000
ca. US$102,874 - US$132,267
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 29

George Nakashima

Design
30 Apr 2009
Estimate
£70,000 - £90,000
ca. US$102,874 - US$132,267
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

George Nakashima Rare set of eight ‘Conoid’ chairs c. 1960 Walnut, hickory. Each: 88.9 cm. (35 in.) high Underside of each signed in marker with ‘Jsdauer’ (8).
Literature George Nakashima The Soul of a Tree, A Woodworker's Reflections, Tokyo, 1981, pp. 32, 38, 149, 152-153, 167, 169, 177, 183 and 191 and pp. 108 and 143 for drawings; Derek E. Ostergard, George Nakashima Full Circle, exh. cat., American Craft Museum, New York, 1989, p. 155, fig. 27 Artist Bio George Nakashima American • 1905 - 1990 Working out of his compound in rural New Hope, Pennsylvania, George Nakashima produced some of the most original and influential furniture designs of the post-war era. Nakashima aimed to give trees a second life, choosing solid wood over veneers and designing his furniture to highlight the inherent beauty of the wood, such as the form and grain. To this end, his tables often feature freeform edges, natural fissures and knot holes. Nakashima was an MIT-trained architect and traveled widely in his youth, gaining exposure to modernist design the world over. The signature style he developed was the distillation of extraordinary, diverse experiences, which led to the establishment of his furniture-making business in 1946. In particular, his practice of Integral Yoga, which he studied while working under the architect Antonin Raymond on the construction of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India, had a lasting impact on his philosophy as a designer. After returning to the U.S. in 1940, Nakashima's family was interned in an American concentration camp, a horrible ordeal that nevertheless introduced him to traditional Japanese joinery by way of a Nisei woodworker he met in the camp. He incorporated these techniques and also drew on American vernacular forms, such as the Windsor chair. These diverse influences have resulted in immense crossover appeal in the world of twentieth-century design collecting. View More Works

Auction archive: Lot number 29
Auction:
Datum:
30 Apr 2009
Auction house:
Phillips
London
Beschreibung:

George Nakashima Rare set of eight ‘Conoid’ chairs c. 1960 Walnut, hickory. Each: 88.9 cm. (35 in.) high Underside of each signed in marker with ‘Jsdauer’ (8).
Literature George Nakashima The Soul of a Tree, A Woodworker's Reflections, Tokyo, 1981, pp. 32, 38, 149, 152-153, 167, 169, 177, 183 and 191 and pp. 108 and 143 for drawings; Derek E. Ostergard, George Nakashima Full Circle, exh. cat., American Craft Museum, New York, 1989, p. 155, fig. 27 Artist Bio George Nakashima American • 1905 - 1990 Working out of his compound in rural New Hope, Pennsylvania, George Nakashima produced some of the most original and influential furniture designs of the post-war era. Nakashima aimed to give trees a second life, choosing solid wood over veneers and designing his furniture to highlight the inherent beauty of the wood, such as the form and grain. To this end, his tables often feature freeform edges, natural fissures and knot holes. Nakashima was an MIT-trained architect and traveled widely in his youth, gaining exposure to modernist design the world over. The signature style he developed was the distillation of extraordinary, diverse experiences, which led to the establishment of his furniture-making business in 1946. In particular, his practice of Integral Yoga, which he studied while working under the architect Antonin Raymond on the construction of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India, had a lasting impact on his philosophy as a designer. After returning to the U.S. in 1940, Nakashima's family was interned in an American concentration camp, a horrible ordeal that nevertheless introduced him to traditional Japanese joinery by way of a Nisei woodworker he met in the camp. He incorporated these techniques and also drew on American vernacular forms, such as the Windsor chair. These diverse influences have resulted in immense crossover appeal in the world of twentieth-century design collecting. View More Works

Auction archive: Lot number 29
Auction:
Datum:
30 Apr 2009
Auction house:
Phillips
London
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