Esherick’s Music Stand

The Wharton Esherick Museum in Malvern, Pa., held “One Object, Many Stories: Esherick’s Music Stand”, Mar. 2 to May 14, at the museum’s Visitor Center.

The museum holds major pieces of sculpture and furniture by the late woodworking artist, and the exhibit featured one of Esherick’s most well-known sculptural furniture forms, the music stand.

“Esherick created the music stand for Rose Rubinson who, along with her husband Nathan (Nat), was one of Esherick’s most significant patrons in the 1950s and 1960s. Their friendship is just one of the narratives explored in One Object, Many Stories. Others include Esherick’s stylistic language, influences, process, and context at mid-century; how the music stand became the impetus for new designs for Esherick; and the use of this object in several exhibitions, both domestic and international, that would define Esherick’s career and legacy,” the museum said in a statement.

Complimenting the display was a selection of archival materials and sketches.

For more, visit whartonesherickmuseum.org.  

This article was originally published in the February 2023 issue.