Artwork Details
- Title
- Conoid Chair
- Artist
- Date
- 1971
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 35 3⁄8 x 20 5⁄8 x 18 3⁄4 in. (89.8 x 52.5 x 47.6 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lloyd E. Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (1971−1986)
- Mediums Description
- black walnut and hickory
- Classifications
- Object Number
- 1991.125
Artwork Description
There is drama in the opening of a log--to uncover for the first time the beauty in the bole, or trunk, of a tree hidden for centuries, waiting to be given this second life. -- George Nakashima
Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, 2019
Works by this artist (16 items)
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Conoid Chair
1971, walnut and hickory
GEORGE NAKASHIMA
Born: Spokane, Washington 1905– Died: New Hope, Pennsylvania 1990
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