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Furniture
Lord Dragonfly Chair
Wendell Castle and William Heyen
Heyen, William
United States
1940
Male
Co-creator
poetry inscribed on bench
Castle, Wendell
United States
1932 - 2018
Male
Co-creator
Wendell Castle and William Heyen
United States
Male
35 x 82 x 24 in. (88.9 x 208.3 x 61 cm)
Cherry
Cherry
2001
2001
2001
2000+, 21st Century, American art, by Rochester artists, chairs, decorative arts, School for American Craftsmen
Furniture
The Memorial Art Gallery commissioned Lord Dragonfly Chair as a bench for public use. It represents the collaboration of two of Rochester’s luminaries, furniture artist Wendell Castle and poet William Heyen (born 1940). Routed into the back and seat are poems from Heyen’s 1981 book Lord Dragonfly: Five Sequences. Heyen made an initial selection of possible poems, from which Castle chose six. To disguise his handwriting, Castle used his left hand to rout these brief untitled poems into the wood.
[Gallery label text, 2008]
Yes, Proper right on back of seat
Wendell Castle
2001.6
item
Memorial Art Gallery
10/23/2001
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4 x 5
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8 x 10
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2001.6TR1
transparency
full
4 x 5
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2001.6SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
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2001.6SL1
slide
detail-seat left
2 x 2
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2001.6SL3
slide
detail- center seat
2 x 2
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2001.6SL4
slide
detail-seat-right
2 x 2
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2001.6DI1
digital image
00/00/00
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00/00/00
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2001.6DI2
digital image
back of Lord Dragonfly Chair
00/00/00
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digital image
Front
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Furniture
Sofa
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
Walnut
Walnut
0
0
American art, decorative arts, folk art, sofas
Furniture
This sofa was formerly owned by Oliver Culver (1778-1867), who was an early Rochester pioneer, first supervisor of the town of Brighton, and original builder of the road that became East Avenue. Family tradition states that the sofa was made by a local cabinetmaker from lumber cleared off property owned by Culver. The furniture style is called Empire because it was influenced by French design; it was popularized in the 1820s by a furniture designer named Duncan Phyfe whose workshop was in New York City.
Two Rochester streets are named for Culver: Culver Road and Oliver Street. The 1815 section of Culver’s home still stands today on East Boulevard, where it was moved from its original location at the corner of East Avenue and Culver Road.
[Gallery label text, 2002]
1942.47
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
neg
8x10
00/00/00
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glossy
8x10
00/00/00
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42.47DI1
digital image
front
5/3/2002
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/42.47_A1.jpg
Furniture
Inner Coffin of Pa-debehu-Aset
Egyptian artist
Egyptian artist
Egypt
Primary
72 1/16 x 20 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. (183 x 53 x 48 cm)
.
.
.
overall
Wood
Wood
332 BCE-30 BCE
332 BCE
30 BCE
1000 BCE - 500 CE, coffins & sarcophagi, Egyptian, funerary objects
Furniture
This pair of nesting coffins once held the mummy of Pa-debehu-Aset, an Egyptian official from the city of Asyut, midway down the River Nile.
Pa-debehu-Aset’s mummy, now lost, would have been placed in the anthropoid, or human-shaped, coffin. The anthropoid coffin would have nested in and been protected by the rectangular outer coffin, called a shrine coffin because it resembles the sacred shrine of a god. Both of Pa-debehu-Aset’s coffins are decorated with images and symbols of the gods, goddesses, spells and prayers that would guide his soul into the afterlife.
Like all ancient Egyptians, Pa-debehu-Aset believed that the mummy was the eternal dwelling place for the spirits of the deceased. The divine powers of gods and goddesses would protect him during his life and after his death. Because of its human shape, the anthropoid coffin could serve as a substitute body should Pa-debehu-Aset’s mummy be destroyed.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
2000.11.2
item
Memorial Art Gallery
1/25/2002
2000.11.2SL6
slide
detail, front
2 x 2
00/00/00
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2000.11.2SL5
slide
detail, front twd feet
2 x 2
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2000.11.2SL4
slide
detail, head front
2 x 2
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2000.11.2SL3
slide
full side
2 x 2
00/00/00
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2000.11.2SL2
slide
full back
2 x 2
00/00/00
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2000.11.2SL1
slide
full front
2 x 2
1/4/2002
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/2000.11.2.jpg
2000.11.2SL7
slide
in case,preMAG
2 x 2
00/00/00
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negative
4 x 5
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glossy
8 x 10
00/00/00
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2000.11.2TR1
transparency
full front
4 x 5
00/00/00
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2000.11.2TR2
transparency
full back
4 x 5
00/00/00
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2000.11.2TR3
transparency
full side
4 x 5
00/00/00
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2000.11.2TR4
transparency
detail face front
4 x 5
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2000.11.2TR5
transparency
detail front twd feet
4 x 5
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
2000.11.2DI2
digital image
back
1/4/2002
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2000.11.2DI3
digital image
side view
1/4/2002
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2000.11.2DI4
digital image
detail
2 x 2
1/4/2002
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2000.11.2DI5
digital image
detail
2 x 2
1/4/2002
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2000.11.2DI6
digital image
detail, front
1/4/2002
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2000.11.2DI1
digital image
full front
2 x 2
1/4/2002
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/2000.11.2_A1.jpg
2000.11.2SL8
slide
detail- side of head
2 x 2
00/00/00
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2000.11.2SL9
slide
detail- feet from side
2 x 2
00/00/00
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2000.11.2SL11
slide
detail- register-top of coffin body
2 x 2
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2000.11.2SL11
slide
detail- middle register- top of coffin
2 x 2
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2000.11.2SL12
slide
detail- figures on back
2 x 2
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2000.11.2SL13
slide
detail- central register
2 x 2
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digital image
00/00/00
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digital image
00/00/00
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Furniture
Shrine Coffin of Pa-debehu-Aset
Egyptian artist
Egyptian artist
Egypt
Primary
80 5/16 x 25 9/16 x 27 3/4 in. (204 x 65 x 70.5 cm)
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.
.
overall
Wood
Wood
332 BCE-30 BCE
332 BCE
30 BCE
1000 BCE - 500 CE, coffins & sarcophagi, Egyptian, funerary objects
Furniture
This pair of nesting coffins once held the mummy of Pa-debehu-Aset, an Egyptian official from the city of Asyut, midway down the River Nile.
Pa-debehu-Aset’s mummy, now lost, would have been placed in the anthropoid, or human-shaped, coffin. The anthropoid coffin would have nested in and been protected by the rectangular outer coffin, called a shrine coffin because it resembles the sacred shrine of a god. Both of Pa-debehu-Aset’s coffins are decorated with images and symbols of the gods, goddesses, spells and prayers that would guide his soul into the afterlife.
Like all ancient Egyptians, Pa-debehu-Aset believed that the mummy was the eternal dwelling place for the spirits of the deceased. The divine powers of gods and goddesses would protect him during his life and after his death. Because of its human shape, the anthropoid coffin could serve as a substitute body should Pa-debehu-Aset’s mummy be destroyed.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
2000.11.1
item
Memorial Art Gallery
1/25/2002
2000.11.1SL1
slide
full, left side
2 x 2
00/00/00
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2000.11.1TR2
transparency
full, right side
4 x 5
00/00/00
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2000.11.1TR1
transparency
full, left side
4 x 5
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glossy
8 x 10
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negative
4 x 5
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2000.11.1SL4
slide
detail, left side
2 x 2
00/00/00
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2000.11.1SL3
slide
3/4 with end
2 x 2
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2000.11.1SL2
slide
full, right side
2 x 2
00/00/00
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2000.11.1TR3
transparency
3/4 with end
4 x 5
00/00/00
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2000.11.1DI3
digital image
3/4 with end
1/30/2002
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2000.11.1DI2
digital image
side view
2 x 2
1/30/2002
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/2000.11.1_A2.jpg
2000.11.1DI1
digital image
side view
2 x 2
1/30/2002
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/2000.11.1_A1.jpg
2000.11.1DI4
digital image
detail
1/30/2002
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/2000.11.1_A4.jpg
2000.11.1SL5
slide
detail, base
2 x 2
00/00/00
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2000.11.1SL6
slide
detail, single figure top center
2 x 2
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2000.11.1SL7
slide
detail, 2 figures on left side
2 x 2
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2001.11.1SL4
slide
at dealers
2 x 2
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00/00/00
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Furniture
Cassone
Roman artist
Roman artist
Italy
Primary
25 3/8 x 63 1/8 x 23 1/4 in. (64.5 x 160.3 x 59 cm)
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.
.
overall
overall
Walnut
Walnut
16th Century
1500
1599
1400-1600, chests & cabinets, Renaissance & Baroque
Furniture
1928.468
item
Memorial Art Gallery
1/30/2001
28.468SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
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negative
5 x 7
00/00/00
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28.468SL2
slide
center deatil
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
28.468DI1
digital image
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/28.468_A1.jpg
28.468DI2
digital image
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/28.468_A2.jpg
28.468DI3
digital image
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/28.468_A3.jpg
28.468DI4
digital image
full
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/28.468_A4.jpg
Furniture
Prie-Dieu
Roman artist
Roman artist
Italy
Primary
39 3/8 x 30 1/2 x 24 3/8 in. (100 x 77.5 x 61.9 cm)
.
.
.
overall
overall
Walnut
Walnut
16th Century
1500
1599
Prie-dieus, AAT
1400-1600, European art, Prie-dieus
Furniture
1955.128
item
Memorial Art Gallery
2/27/2001
55.128SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
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negative
full
5 x 7
00/00/00
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glossy
full
5 x 7
00/00/00
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55.128DI1
digital image
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/55.128_A1.jpg
55.128DI2
digital image
full
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/55.128_A2.jpg
55.128DI#3
digital image
8/8/2017
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/55.128_A3.jpg
Furniture
Two-seat Bench
Wendell Castle, (Emporia, KS, 1932 - 2018, Scottsville, NY)
Castle, Wendell
United States
1932 - 2018
Male
28 5/8 x 54 3/8 x 22 in. (72.7 x 138.1 x 55.9 cm)
.
.
.
overall
Oak
Oak
1966
1966
1966
School for American Craftsmen
Furniture
The MAG’s benches by Wendell Castle are the rare artworks in the museum that visitors are encouraged to touch. Run your hands along the smooth wood and sit down to contemplate other works nearby or just to rest.
This bench was originally part of a dining room suite commissioned by the Baker family of Rochester. The artist used a technique called stack lamination, in which planks of wood are stacked and glued together, then carved and joined to create the final form.
[Summer 2015]
under seat
Wendell Castle
2002.2
item
Memorial Art Gallery
3/27/2002
negative
4 x 5
00/00/00
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glossy
8 x 10
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2002.2 TR1
transparency
full
4 x 5
00/00/00
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2002.2SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
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2002.2DI1
digital image
4 x 5
11/20/2002
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/2002.2_A1.jpg
Furniture
Suggestion Box
Wendell Castle, (Emporia, KS, 1932 - 2018, Scottsville, NY)
Castle, Wendell
United States
1932 - 2018
Male
41 1/2 x 28 1/2 x 29 in. (105.4 x 72.4 x 73.7 cm)
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.
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Walnut
Walnut
1972
1972
1972
20th century, by Rochester artists, School for American Craftsmen, sculpture
Furniture
Visitors to the Memorial Art Gallery have been using this suggestion box for over thirty years, depositing comments in the oval slot on the top, which are read and acted upon regularly. In addition to having a place to leave messages, Suggestion Box is also a favorite stop on many Gallery tours. At last, a piece visitors are allowed to touch! Visual appreciation of the polished surfaces and the sleek animal-like leg can be reinforced tacitly by running hands over the entire piece.
[Gallery label text]
artist's intitials, Near bottom of base, proper left
Wendell Castle
1972.64
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
negative
full
1 x 1
00/00/00
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72.64aDI1
digital image
full
1 x 1
00/00/00
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72.64aDI2
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/72.64a_A1.jpg
72.64aDI#3
digital image
open
9/20/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/72.64a_A3.jpg
72.64DI#4
digital image
9/23/2013
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/72.64a_A4.jpg
Furniture
Cabinet
Bahut
French artist, (active )
French artist
France
Primary
76 x 49 x 23 in. (193 x 124.5 x 58.4 cm)
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.
.
Walnut
Walnut
0
0
European art
Furniture
1975.125
item
Memorial Art Gallery
1/22/2001
75.125SL1
slide
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
negative
4x5
00/00/00
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75.125DI1
digital image
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/75.125_A1.jpg