Lot 40: GEORGE NAKASHIMA

Early “Conoid” bench with single free-form arm
Underside signed in black marker with “Reed.” Together with a copy of the original order card and a letter of authenticity from Mira Nakashima.

29 3/4 × 120 × 31 1/2 in. (75.6 × 304.8 × 80 cm.)

American black walnut, hickory, three East Indian rosewood butterfly keys.

1961

Lee Nordness, <em>OBJECTS: USA</em>, New York, 1970, p. 263 for a similar example; George Nakashima, <em>The Soul of a Tree</em>, New York, 1981, p. 151 for a sketch of a similar example; Derek E. Ostergard, <em>George Nakashima, Full Circle</em>, exh. cat., American Craft Museum, New York, 1989, p. 157 for a similar example; Mira Nakashima,<em> Nature, Form &amp; Spirit, The Life &amp; Legacy of George Nakashima</em>, New York,2003, pp. 147, 173 and 176 for similar examples

George Reed, Coconut Grove, Florida