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Wharton Esherick
Tristram and Iseult – Act I, Scene 2 – The Ship, 1931
Esherick’s woodcut work, produced almost entirely between 1922 and 1933, occurred in a period of great artistic transition for him, when he sought a medium in which he could evolve his own characteristic style. Formally trained in oil and watercolor painting, Esherick soon abandoned painting as he developed an identifiable style in his woodcuts. His ability to carve very detailed two-dimensional images that were alive and expressed movement made him one of the great woodcut artists of the 20th century.
From Tristram and Iseult, 1931. Tristan and Iseult is a chivalric romance retold in numerous variations since the 12th century, with a lasting impact on Western culture. The story is a tragedy about the illicit love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Iseult.
Image size: 4 x 4.75 in
Paper size: 18 x 16 in
$1,850.00
InquireWharton 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 | 16 × 18 in |
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| Date | 1931 |
