Wharton Esherick
Stool
Auction Closed
June 10, 03:47 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Wharton Esherick
Stool
1932
hickory, original woven leather
signed WHARTON ESHERICK, inscribed TO MARJORIE CONTENT and dated MCMXXXII
22 x 14 ¾ x 14 ¾ in. (55.9 x 37.5 x 37.5 cm)
Marjorie Content, New York, commissioned directly from the artist
Thence by descent
Rago Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey, June 7, 2015, lot 1006
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Thence by descent
Rago Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey, June 7, 2015, lot 1006
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Wharton Esherick 1887-1970: American Woodworker, exh. cat., Moderne Gallery, Philadelphia, 1996, p. 8 (for a period photograph of the model exhibited at Armstrong Cork Company, 1962)
