George Washington Maher

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Description

George Washington Maher
An Important and Unique Double-Pedestal ''Tiger Lily'' Table Lamp from the Reception Room of ''Rockledge,'' The Ernest and Grace King Residence, Homer, Minnesota
leaded and enameled glass, bronze and brass
executed by Willy H. Lau Studio, Chicago

Provenance

Ernest and Grace King, Homer, MN
Thence by descent
Hollander Gallery, Ltd., Milwaukee, WI, September 10, 1982, lot 73
Robert Edwards, Bryn Mawr, PA
Phillips New York, June 27, 1987, lot 82
Barbra Streisand, Malibu, CA
Christie's New York, March 3, 1994, lot 137

Exhibited

The Art That is Life: The Arts & Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 4-May 31, 1987
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, August 16-November 1, 1987
The Detroit Institute of Arts, December 9, 1987-February 28, 1988
The Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, April 5-June 26, 1988
Milwaukee Art Museum, 1995-2006
The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe & America: Design for the Modern World, Milwaukee Art Museum, May 19-September 5, 2005

Literature

''Willy Lau & the King(s)," Geo. W. Maher Quarterly, April-June 1993, p. 19 (for drawings by Lau of related lily motifs)