Furniture capturing George Nakashima s appreciation of nature coming to Heritage Auctions
A Rare Odakyu Table, 1984. Estimate: $30,000-50,000.
DALLAS, TX
.- To George Nakashima, furniture was a medium to express what he termed, the Soul of the Tree. Beginning in the 1940s, Nakashima channeled his experience as a traveler, architect and craftsman into creating a studio that would make furniture and objects in a manner fitting to his beliefs. Countless have visited that studio, in New Hope, Pennsylvania, and Nakashima s furniture remains among the best created by his generation of artists and designers.
Nakashima s philosophy will be on full display in a half a dozen lots by the artist that will be offered in Heritage Auctions Design Auction April 27.