J. B. Blunk - Design New York Wednesday, June 9, 2010 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Estate of the artist; Sotheby’s, Important 20th Century Design, June 19, 2007, Lot 139

  • Literature

    Todd Merrill and Julie V. Iovine, eds., Modern Americana: Studio Furniture from High Craft to High Glam, New York, 2008, illustrated p. 40

  • Catalogue Essay

    This low dining table was commissioned in the mid-1980s by a Japanese client from California artist J.B. Blunk. Given the irregularities of burl, the client became concerned about the table's practicality. Blunk produced for him a second example in rosewood and kept the present lot in his personal collection. Carved by hand and by chainsaw from a single piece of buckeye burl, the table is evidence of Blunk's superior woodworking abilities in service to the natural characteristics of the wood.

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Unique low table

ca. 1985
Buckeye burl.
16 x 59 x 36 in. (40.6 x 149.9 x 91.4 cm.)

Estimate
$45,000 - 55,000 

Design

9 June 2010
New York