What Esherick was Reading: Architecture Wharton Esherick was a voracious reader with both professional and personal connections to the literary

Wharton Esherick outside the Studio, 1961. From the 1920s through the 1960s, Wharton Esherick created a small compound

WEM Curatorial Assistant Alex Till. In 2020 the Wharton Esherick Museum was delighted to welcome Alex Till to

Helene Fischer at Schutte & Koerting Co., Philadelphia, 1944.   In 1942, German American businesswoman Helene Fischer became

Tucked among the handcrafted furniture and fixtures of Esherick’s Studio are those few items not made by Esherick himself –

Wharton Esherick's 1958 Cabinet Desk. Photo courtesy of James Mario.   A drawer is something that most of

WEM Director of Curatorial Affairs and Strategic Partnerships Emily Zilber shares insights into new archival discoveries.   This

Skewed Grid and Wood Ledge Forms by Artist-in-Residence Roberta Massuch on display in Esherick's kitchen.   Over the

Wharton Esherick and his brothers, Barnegat Bay, NJ c.1905.   As vacationers of all stripes steal off to

Wharton Esherick in 1966, photo by Donald McKinley. Wharton Esherick Museum Collection.   This month we are celebrating

Esherick's sketch of the two monoliths for Aspiring Pair, 1952.   Can you imagine a sixty-foot-high Wharton Esherick sculpture?

Lawrence Peabody, Wharton Esherick, David Campbell, Walker Weed with members of the wood panel at Asilomar. Photo from Craft