Wharton Esherick, Important wall-mounted vanity for Marjorie Content

Wharton Esherick
Important wall-mounted vanity for Marjorie Content

USA, 1932
padouk, mirrored and clear glass
83.5 h x 44 w x 16.25 d in (212 x 112 x 41 cm)

Marjorie Content was a formalist photographer active within modernist social and artistic circles in New York in the 1930s.

Vanity features six hidden compartments to each side: four concealing open storage, four concealing one fixed shelf each, two concealing lighting, and two concealing pegs for hanging jewelry. Carved signature and date to two compartments 'J.S. + Wharton Esherick MCMXXXII'.

Provenance: Commissioned directly from the artist by Marjorie Content | Thence by descent | Private Collection

Exhibited: Daring Design: The Impact of Three Women on Wharton Esherick's Craft, 10 September 2021 - 6 February 2022, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA

Literature: Wharton Esherick: The Journey of a Creative Mind, Bascom, pg. 125 illustrates this example in situ

This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
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