WHARTON ESHERICK (1887-1970)

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$ 40 000
Auction dateClassic
08.06.2023 11:00UTC -04:00
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ID 976541
Lot 153 | WHARTON ESHERICK (1887-1970)
WHARTON ESHERICK (1887-1970)

Desk, 1945

walnut

28 1/2 x 89 x 31 1/2 in. (72.4 x 226.1 x 80 cm)

signed W.E. MCMXLV





Provenance

Private Collection

Thence by descent

Rago Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey, 27 October 2013, lot 995

Pinnacle Art Collection, Mount Dora, Florida

Crafting Modernism: Masters of the American Studio Design Movement from the Pinnacle Art Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 10 June 2022, lot 517

Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

M. A. Stone, Contemporary American Woodworkers, Salt Lake City, 1986, p. 16 (for a related example)

M. Bascom, Wharton Esherick: The Journey of a Creative Mind, New York, 2010, p. 180 (present lot illustrated)
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