Christie’s roundel
Lot 163

David Nash, R.A. (b. 1945)

Birch Bowl

Closed16 December 2009

Price Realised

GBP 4,750

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David Nash, R.A. (b. 1945)
Birch Bowl
signed, inscribed and dated 'David Nash/Otoineppu 93' (on the underside)
birch
47¾ in. (121.3 cm.), high

with Annely Juda Fine Art, London.

Specialist note

The present work was made in Hokkaido for the same project as lots 160 and 162.

Nash comments on the Japanese birch wood which he used for this work, 'Hokkaido birch, which grows very slowly, has a close, silk-like grain and is surprisingly heavy - as tough as oak. This was the most rewarding wood on this project' (see N. Lynton, David Nash, London, 2007, p. 94).