George Nakashima

Exceptional free-form “Minguren I” coffee table

Found at Phillips, New York
The Collection of Halsey Minor, Lot 11
13. May - 13. May 2010
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 USD
Price realised: 86.500 USD
1964
Japanese burl, oak.
15 1/4 x 42 1/4 x 29 in. (38.7 x 107.3 x 73.7 cm).
Together with a copy of the original order card from the George Nakashima Studio.
G. David Thompson, Seal Harbor, Maine; Delorenzo 1950, New York; Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg, 20-21st Century Design Art, December 8, 2003, Lot 150; Geoffrey Diner Gallery, Washington D.C.; Sebastian + Barquet, New York

A top price for George Nakashima - as previously expected

In May 2010 Phillips in New York held the auction The Collection of Halsey Minor, which included the work Exceptional free-form “Minguren I” coffee table by George Nakashima. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 80,000.00 – 120,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 86,500.00 (€ 69,932.90) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Exceptional free-form “Minguren I” coffee table is the most expensive artwork by George Nakashima that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage

Im Mai 2010 führte Phillips in New York die Auktion The Collection of Halsey Minor durch, in der auch die Arbeit Exceptional free-form “Minguren I” coffee table von George Nakashima zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 80.000,00 – 120.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 86.500,00 (€ 69.932,90) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Exceptional free-form “Minguren I” coffee table das teuerste Kunstwerk von George Nakashima, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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