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Wharton Esherick

Handled Tray

Auction Closed

June 10, 03:47 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Wharton Esherick

Handled Tray


1934

walnut, leather

inscribed MARJORIE JEAN/To Them from US/The ESHERICKS and dated MCMXXXIV

2½ x 28 x 12¼ in. (6.3 x 71.1 x 31.1 cm)

Marjorie Content and Jean Toomer, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, commissioned directly from the artist
Thence by descent
Rago Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey, June 17, 2012, lot 867
Acquired from the above by the present owner
The Wharton Esherick Museum Studio and Collection, Paoli, PA, 1984, p. 27 (for related examples)
Wharton Esherick 1887-1970: American Woodworker
, exh. cat., Moderne Gallery, Philadelphia, 1996, p. 19 (for related examples)
Mansfield Bascom, Wharton Esherick: The Journey of a Creative Mind, New York, 2010, p. 184 (for related examples)