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Wharton Esherick

Swinging Wall Light

Auction Closed

June 10, 03:47 PM GMT

Estimate

18,000 - 24,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Wharton Esherick

Swinging Wall Light


1963

walnut, painted metal, original rope pull

monogrammed WE and dated 1963

shade: 9½ x 19 ½ x 11½ in. (24.1 x 49.5 x 29.2 cm)

arm: 13½ x 66 x 15½ in. (34.3 x 167.6 x 39.4 cm)

Sollo/Rago Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa late 1990s
Wharton Esherick 1887-1970: American Woodworker, exh. cat., Moderne Gallery, Philadelphia, 1996, pp. 9 and 19 (for related examples)
Leslie Williamson, Handcrafted Modern: At Home with Mid-Century Designers, New York, 2010, p. 17 (for a related example)
Mansfield Bascom, Wharton Esherick: The Journey of a Creative Mind, New York, 2010, pp. 201 (for related examples) and 263