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George Nakashima
Sanso Table, 1985
Designed by George Nakashima, June 1, 1985, for Wayne and Ruth Hill of Great Falls, VA. Signed by George Nakashima on attached plaque, under the tabletop. Highly figured, American black walnut book-matched, two board top with rich crotch figure, back pockets and 10 butterflies. 4 central rosewood butterflies and 6 walnut butterflies to seal dramatic cracks. The American black walnut base is composed of a shaped slab, made up of 4 glued boards, and a perpendicular support piece on the floor.
A rarely seen Nakashima design – the inspiration for Nakashima’s most well-known and accomplished design, the Altar for Peace at Columbia University, made in the same year.
Literature:
Derek E. Ostergard, George Nakashima: Full Circle, exh. cat., American Craft Museum, New York, 1989, p. 87 (for a period photograph of Nakashima with a related example)
Mira Nakashima, Nature, Form, Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, p. 227 (for a related example)
Robert Aibel, “The Soul of Nakashima,” Modern Magazine, March 2015, p. 81 ( for a related example)
George Nakashima was born in Spokane, Washington in 1905 to Japanese parents who had immigrated to the United States. Educated and trained as an architect at the University of Washington, Nakashima received his Master’s degree in Architecture from M.I.T. in 1930. After working briefly as an architect in the United States he left for Paris seeking the creative energies of one of the great urban centers of the day. From there he traveled extensively, ending up at the home of his grandmother, living on a farm on the outskirts of Tokyo.
| Dimensions | 77 × 76 × 28 in |
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| Date | 1985 |
| Exhibitions | DESIGN MIAMI. LA |
| Material | American black walnut |
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