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Wharton Esherick

Handled Tray

Auction Closed

June 10, 03:47 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Wharton Esherick

Handled Tray


1936

walnut, leather

inscribed To -HANNAH-/the ESHERICKS and dated 8th October/MCMXXXVI

2 x 36½ x 12 in. (5.1 x 92.7 x 30.5 cm)

Sollo/Rago Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa late 1990s
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, pp. 184 (for related examples) and 216 (for a period photograph of a related example)