Conoid Chair

George Nakashima, Conoid Chair, 1971, black walnut and hickory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Lloyd E. Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (1971-1986), 1991.125
George Nakashima, Conoid Chair, 1971, black walnut and hickory, 35 3820 5818 34 in. (89.852.547.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Lloyd E. Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (19711986), 1991.125

Artwork Details

Title
Conoid Chair
Date
1971
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
35 3820 5818 34 in. (89.852.547.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lloyd E. Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (19711986)
Mediums
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)

Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Landscape, 1920, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1965.38
Landscape
Date1920
oil on canvas
On view
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Strong Woman and Child, 1925, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.50
Strong Woman and Child
Date1925
oil on canvas
On view
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Cyclist, 1939, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Barnett Malbin, 1973.170.1
Cyclist
Date1939
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Landscape, 1936, conte crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Evander Childs High School, Bronx, New York through the General Services Administration, 1975.83.107
Landscape
Date1936
conte crayon on paper
Not on view

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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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      Exhibitions

      Media - 2016.11 - SAAM-2016.11_6 - 124929
      Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery
      November 13, 2015March 6, 2022
      Connections is the Renwick Gallery’s dynamic ongoing permanent collection presentation, featuring more than 80 objects celebrating craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern world.

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