FILTER RESULTS
Library Sculpture
196589 1/2 x 78 x 64 in. (227.3 x 198.1 x 162.6 cm)
Wendell Castle
United States (Emporia, KS, 1932 - 2018, Scottsville, NY)
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Walnut with leather and raccoon fur cushions
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Macomber
Accession Number:
1991.6.1-.5
Location: Not currently on view
Marks
Artist's signature, underside of desk and underside of stool: W.C. 65
Keywords
Click a term to view the records with the same keyword
Additional Images
Click an image to view a larger version
Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- 1965 Jurors' Award Show: Designed by Wendell Castle 12/1/1965 - 1/1/1966
- Designed by Wendell Castle 12/3/1965 - 1/2/1966
- Fantasy Furniture 1/21/1966 - 3/13/1966
- Furniture by Wendell Castle 12/5/1989 - 4/30/1991
- The Maker's Hand: American Studio Furniture, 1940-1990 11/12/2003 - 2/8/2004
- Wendell Castle in Rochester 12/8/2004 - 6/18/2006
- Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms - Works from 1959 -1979 10/19/2012 - 2/24/2013
- Wendell Castle Remastered 10/7/2017 - 1/7/2018
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Author: Eauclaire, Sally. Article Title: 'Artmaker' Castle: Revolution in Furniture. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, NY: Rochester Print Co. Issue Date: September 18 1977. Page Number: 1E, 6E
- Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2000--.
- Edward Cooke and Gerald Ward. The Maker's Hand: American STudio Furniture, 1940-90. Boston, MA: MFA Publications, 2003.
- Article Author: Jacobson, Sebby Wilson. Article Title: Keys to the Castle. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Times-Union. Rochester, NY: Gannett Issue Date: December 27 1990.
- Gerald Ward. Preview: MFA Boston. Boston, MA: MFA Publications, Nov./Dec 2003.
- Article Title: Art as Furniture. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. University of Rochester: the 2004-2005 year. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester, 2005. Page Number: 9
- Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI: Detroit Institute of Arts
- John Kelsey, ed. Furniture Makers Exploring Digital Technologies. Asheville, NC: The Furniture Society, 2005.
- Article Title: Wendell Castle: Rochesterian by Choice. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Metropolitan: A Publication of the Arts & Cultural Council For Greater Rochester. Rochester, NY: Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester Issue Date: January|February|March 2006. Page Number: 27
- Article Title: Wendell Castle. Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Jeffrey Head and Julie V. Iovine. Modern Americana: Studio Furniture From High Craft to High Glam. , 2008. Page Number: 50-51
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Barbara Lovenheim, ed. Breaking Ground: A Century of Craft Art in Western New York. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2010.
- P. Andrew Spahr. Jon Brooks: A Collaboration with Nature. Manchester, NH: Currier Museum of Art, 2011.
- Article Author: Jacobson, Sebby Wilson. Article Title: A Portrait of the Artist as a Very Young Octogenarian. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. American Craft. Volume Number: 72, Issue Number: 6. Issue Date: December 2012/January 2013. Page Number: 70
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Alastair Gordon. Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms : Works from 1959 to 1979. Ridgefield, CT: Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art , 2012.
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Glenn Adamson and Ronald T. Labaco. Wendell Castle Remastered. New York, NY: Museum of Arts and Design, 2015.
- Article Scope: Catalogue Raisonné entry and reproduction. Emily Evans Eerdmans. Wendell Castle: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1958-2012. New York, NY: Artist Book Foundation, 2014.
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Davira S. Taragin. Furniture by Wendell Castle. New York, NY: Hudson Hill Press, 1989.
- Article Author: Ward, Gerald W.R.. Article Title: Wendell Castle, Jack Rogers Hopkins and the American Studio Furniture Movement. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Catalogue of Antiques & Fine Art. Watertown, MA Issue Date: December 2003 - January 2004. Page Number: 134-138
- Craft Horizons. New York, NY: American Crafts Council
- Detroit Free Press. Detroit, MI
- Commercial Appeal. Memphis, TN
- Interior Design.
- House Beautiful.
- Article Author: Page, Marian. Article Title: Fantasy Furniture. Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Interiors. Issue Date: February 1966. Page Number: 112-117
- Thomas Simpson. Fantasy Furniture: Design and Decoration. New York, NY: Reinhold Book Corporation, 1968.
- Patricia Conway. Art for Everyday: The New Craft Movement. New York, NY: Clarkson Potter, 1990.
- Article Title: Far Out Furniture. Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. New Haven Register. New Haven, CT Issue Date: May 8 1966. Page Number: 6-7, pictorial section
Portfolio List
Click a portfolio name to view all the objects in that portfolio
This object is a member of the following portfolios: