George Nakashima (1905-1990)
Seagrass - Special order
Set of four chairs
Walnut, white walnut and seagrass
Model created in 1965
H 68×L 46×W 46 cm
Provenance : Special order for Mr. George
Harte, Long Island, New York, USA.
The buyer can be provided with a copy of the original order slip.
Bibliography:
- Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of
Fine Arts, Woodenworks: furniture objects by five
contemporary craftsmen: George Nakashima, Sam
Mallof, Wharton Esherick, Arthur Espenet Carpenter,
Wendell Castle, Ed. Minnesota Museum of Arts,
Saint Paul, 1972, similar model p.11
- M. Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit: The Life and
Legacy of George Nakashima, Ed. Harry N. Abrams,
New York, 2003, similar model pp. 82, 88, 151,
183
- G. Nakashima, The soul of a tree, a woodworker's
reflections, Ed. Kodansha, New York, 2011, drawing for a similar model p.142
