Wharton Esherick
Music Stand, 1962
Cherry, signed and dated.
One of the most important objects of the 20th Century. The Wharton Esherick Music Stand led all future designers to approach the music stand as functional art. It is a perfect expression of the studio craft movement.
Wharton Esherick (1887 – 1970) was an internationally significant figure in the landscape of art history and American modern design. As a sculptor, Esherick worked primarily in wood and extended his unique forms to furniture, furnishings, interiors, buildings, and more. A Philadelphia-area modernist sculptor deeply influenced by the Arts & Crafts movement, Wharton Esherick designed and built furniture distinctive for its asymmetric, prismatic forms. His goal was to design furniture that functioned as sculpture, and sculpture that functioned as furniture.
| Dimensions | 18 × 19 × 44 in |
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| Date | 1962 |
