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Spotlight Talk: A Look Into the Margaret Esherick House
Enjoy a conversation with Paul Savidge and Dan Macey, the owners of the Margaret Esherick House (1961) in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia. Along with the 1956 Workshop on our campus, the Margaret Esherick House is the only other example of a collaboration between Wharton Esherick and the world-renowned architect Louis Kahn. Commissioned by the artist’s niece, the house features an extraordinary kitchen designed and installed by Wharton Esherick. Thanks to the generosity of Paul and Dan, we are now offering tours of this unique home for the benefit of the Esherick Museum and the general public! We talked with Paul and Dan about what they’ve learned about this house during their time stewarding it, their award-winning efforts to restore and preserve this historic home and Esherick’s kitchen, as well as what it’s like to live in a Wharton Esherick/Louis Kahn collaboration!
Spotlight Talk: Record Keeping with Esherick
Enjoy a Spotlight talk to dive into a ledger book that documents some of Wharton Esherick’s earliest artworks. The ledger book spans from 1919 to the early 1930s and traces Esherick’s transformation from painter to printmaker to artist in wood! We explore some interesting materials inside, including Esherick’s own bronze powder recipes for his hand-carved frames, the earliest documented furniture he ever made, the places he exhibited early on in his career, and the handwriting inside that might give us a clue about who kept these records for Esherick. Plus, we take a peek at some of the other forms of record keeping that tracked Wharton Esherick’s prolific output.
Spotlight Talk: Wharton Esherick’s Carved Blanket Chest
We are excited to share Wharton Esherick’s carved antique chest on view in our Visitor Center as part of the Movement is Life exhibition. In this Spotlight Talk we took a deep dive into this 18th century chest that Wharton breathed new life into with his carved depictions of his farmhouse home, Sunekrest. We discussed everything from Pennsylvania German blanket chests, Esherick’s depictions of Sunekrest, and the quirky new feet Esherick added as he was beginning to work with wood in new ways!
Spotlight Talk: Preserving Esherick’s 1966 Silo
We know that our kitchen has been a bit of a mess recently. We chatted about why! We’ve been investigating the Silo in Esherick’s Studio recently to understand why the plaster walls in the kitchen have been deteriorating. Explore our latest efforts to preserve Esherick’s handcrafted Studio alongside our building preservation specialist, Andrew Gustine.