Title: Poplar culture
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.
Subjects: American Wood sculpture, Exhibitions, Woodwork, Liriodendron tulipifera, Sculpture