Wharton Esherick
Sad Sack


USA, 1948-50
ebony
27.25 h x 8 w x 11 d in (69 x 20 x 28 cm)

The present work is based on a sketch Esherick made of Jasper Deeter, founder of Hedgerow Theatre, as John de Stogumber in a performance of the play Saint Joan.

Carved signature and date to underside 'WE 1948' and near base 'WE 1950'. Paper exhibition label to underside 'Whitney Museum of American Art'.

Provenance: East Coast Collection

Exhibited: Hedgerow Theatre, 1949, Media, PA | Friend's Central School, 1949, Wynnewood, PA | Philadelphia Regional Exhibition, 1951, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art | American Sculptures, Paintings & Drawings, 11 March - 4 May 1952, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York | Philadelphia Museum School of Art, 1957 | Wharton to Wendell, 6 October 2013 - September 2014, Modernism Museum Mount Dora, Mount Dora, FL

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