Crafting Modernism: Masters of the American Studio Design Movement from the Pinnacle Art Collection
Crafting Modernism: Masters of the American Studio Design Movement from the Pinnacle Art Collection
Wharton Esherick
Desk
Auction Closed
June 10, 03:47 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Wharton Esherick
Desk
1945
walnut
monogrammed WE and dated MCMXLV
28¼ x 88 x 31½ in. (71.7 x 223.5 x 80 cm)
Private Collection
Thence by descent
Rago Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey, October 27, 2013, lot 995
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Thence by descent
Rago Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey, October 27, 2013, lot 995
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Michael A. Stone, Contemporary American Woodworkers, Salt Lake City, 1986, p. 16 (for a related example)
Mansfield Bascom, Wharton Esherick: The Journey of a Creative Mind, New York, 2010, p. 180 (for the present lot illustrated)
Mansfield Bascom, Wharton Esherick: The Journey of a Creative Mind, New York, 2010, p. 180 (for the present lot illustrated)