Poplar culture
Subtitle: the celebration of Esherick's tree
By: edited by Paul Eisenhauer
Contributors: Wharton Esherick Museum; Historic Yellow Springs (Organization); Chester Springs Studio
Publisher: Schiffer Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Atglen, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780764342080
Subjects: American Wood sculpture; Exhibitions; Woodwork; Liriodendron tulipifera
Description: When Wharton Esherick built his famous studio in 1926, it was situated near two tulip poplar trees. In the late 1970s one of these trees was struck by lighting and in 2010 this mighty witness came down. As Esherick himself had made great use of poplar boards the Museum invited over 40 select artists to create artwork from the fallen poplar.
Notes: "Published on the occasion of the exhibition ... organized by the Wharton Esherick Museum and held at Historic Yellow Springs/Chester Springs Studio in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, May 20 through June 10, 2012."