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DAVID NASH, R.A. (B.1945) Birch bowl signed, inscribed and dated 'David Nash/Otoineppu 93' (on the underside) birch 47 3/4 in. (121.3 cm.), high Provenance:  with Annely Juda Fine Art, London. Anonymous sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 16 December 2009, lot 163, where purchased by the present owner.  Exhibited:  Hokkaido, Asahikawa Museum of Art, David Nash, June - July 1994: this exhibition travelled to Nagoya City Art Museum, July - September 1994; Ashiya City Museum of Art and History, November - January 1995; Saitama, The Museum of Modern Art, April - May 1995; Kamakura, The Museum of Modern Art, May - June 1995; and Ibaraki, Tsukuba Museum of Art, June - July 1995. Literature:  D. Nash, David Nash Otoineppu, Spirit of Three Seasons, Sapporo, 1994, p. 80, illustrated.  N. Lynton, David Nash, London, 2007, p.104, illustrated. Birch Bowl was created in Otoineppu, Japan as part of the Three Seasons project Nash was invited to work on in 1994. In his own words the artist describes the special nature of  the Otoineppu village as a place: 'where the crafts and arts are very much alive. The Ainu sculptor  Sunazawa Bikky moved from Sappporo in 1978 to the village where his art and personality worked into the community. Inside and outside the post office, railway station, forestry office and village office there is sculpture. The High School has an unique emphasis on the crafts and woodwork, weaving and ceramics. Sunazawa Ryoko, Bikky's widow, hosts a sculpture workshop every summer. The Hokkaido University experimental forest is based at Otoineppu. The village is alive with the art of growing and carving wood...All these factors...created a very special environment in which we could realise this project through the seasons of Spring, Summer and Winter 1993-94.' (See D.Nash, David Nash Otoineppu Spirit of Three Seasons, Sapporo, 1994).  The work is sold together with a copy of the exhibition catalogue, David Nash Otoineppu Spirit of Three Seasons, Sapporo, 1994.  I want a simple approach to living and doing. I want a life and work that reflects the balance and continuity of nature. Identifying with the time and energy of the tree and with its mortality, I find myself drawn deeper into the joys and blows of nature. Worn down and regenerated; broken off and reunited; dormant faith is revived in the new growth on old wood. David Nash, 1978 Artist's Resale Right may apply on this lot.