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Two-seat Bench
196628 5/8 x 54 3/8 x 22 in. (72.7 x 138.1 x 55.9 cm)
Wendell Castle
United States (Emporia, KS, 1932 - 2018, Scottsville, NY)
Object Type:
Furniture
Medium and Support:
Stack laminated oak
Credit Line:
Maurice R. and Maxine B. Forman Fund
Accession Number:
2002.2
Location: Not currently on view
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]
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]
Provenance
Commissioned from the artist by Douglas Baker and Family, Rochester, NY, 1966; purchased by the Gallery in 2002
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Wendell Castle in Rochester 12/8/2004 - 6/18/2006
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- 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
- 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 Author: Giambruni, Helen. Article Title: Wendell Castle. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Craft Horizons. New York, NY: American Crafts Council Volume Number: XXVIII, Issue Number: 5. Issue Date: September/October 1968. Page Number: 28-31, 50-51
- Article Author: Castle's Fantasy Furniture. Article Title: Kamm, Dorothy. Article Scope: Mention. Nit & Wit: Chicago's Art Magazine. Issue Date: May/June 1983.
- Article Title: Limber Timber. Article Scope: Mention. Newsweek. Issue Date: May 13, 1968.
- Donald Willcox. Wood Design. New York, NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1968.
- Alastair Gordon. Wendell Castle's Wandering Forms: Works from 1959-1979. Ridgefield, CT: Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art , 2013.
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