中島勝寿著,〈樹的靈魂:木工師的思考〉,東京,1981年,第32、38、108、143、149、152-53、167、169、177、179、183-84、187、190-91頁 Derek E. Ostergard 著,〈中島勝寿著:全循環〉,展覽圖錄,美國工藝博物館,紐約,1989年,第110頁 Mira Nakashima 著,〈自然、形態、靈魂: 中島勝寿的一生〉,紐約,2003年,第173–75、195、212-13、215-16、223、226-27、248頁
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.
美國黑胡桃 山胡桃木 最高之一張: 90.2 x 50.5 x 56.6 公分 (35 1/2 x 19 7/8 x 22 1/4 英寸) 此作品於1976年製造,並附由中島勝寿所簽署之原始訂單卡、單據、函件、草稿及由 Mira Nakashima 所發之保證書。 款識:KENT、Showroom (於其中三張座椅)
估價 HK$40,000 - 60,000 €4,600-6,800 $5,100-7,700
成交價HK$312,500
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