A 'JACKRABBIT' WROUGHT-IRON FIGURAL ASH STAND

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A 'JACKRABBIT' WROUGHT-IRON FIGURAL ASH STAND
CIRCA 1935-1937

In the form of a jack rabbit raised on hind legs, holding a removable ashtray--37in. (94cm.) high

Lot Essay

The Sumers commission may be the first pictorial record of Molesworth's use of these whimsical sculptures of jackrabbits and burros. The authorship of these works is less clear as these designs are known in other interiors of the 1920's and 1930's.