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Wharton Esherick

Pair of "Hammer Handle" Side Chairs

Auction Closed

June 10, 03:47 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

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Wharton Esherick

Pair of "Hammer Handle" Side Chairs


1932

cherry, oak, woven leather

each monogrammed WE and dated XXXII

36⅞ x 17½ x 18¼ in. (93.7 x 44.4 x 46.3 cm) each

for one chair:
Marjorie Content, New York, commissioned directly from the artist
Thence by descent
Rago Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey, June 9, 2013, lot 433
Acquired from the above by the present owner

for second chair:
Marjorie Content, New York, commissioned directly from the artist
Thence by descent
Rago Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey, June 17, 2012, lot 866
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Paul Eisenhauer and Lynne Farrington, eds., Wharton Esherick and the Birth of the American Modern, exh. cat., University of Pennsylvania, Atglen, PA, 2010, p. 144 (for a period photograph of related examples)
Mansfield Bascom, Wharton Esherick: The Journey of a Creative Mind, New York, 2010, p. 115 (for a period photograph of a related example)