I.23 Chair, c. 1959 (0)

Sculpture

Wendell Castle Archives

Name/Title

I.23 Chair, c. 1959 (0)

Entry/Object ID

sk.0023.0000.1959

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Walnut, Nylon

Subject

Chair

Collection

Chairs, 1950s

Cataloged By

[email protected]

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Wendell Castle

Role

Artist

Date made

circa 1959

Time Period

1950s

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Catalogue Raisonné Number

Other Number

I.23

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

Dimensions

Height

37-1/2 in

Width

23-3/4 in

Depth

31 in

Height

95.2 cm

Width

60.3 cm

Depth

62.2 cm

Color

Brown

Inventory

Inventoried By

[email protected]

Inventoried Date

May 28, 2026

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Wendell Castle and Nancy Jurs

Place

County

Scottsville

State/Province

New York

Exhibitions

Sixth Annual Kansas Designer Craftsmen Exhibition

Furniture by Wendell Castle

Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms—Works from 1959-1979 (GA)

General Notes

Note Type

Literature

Note

Bernard Frazier, "Exhibitions: Kansas Annual," Crafts Horizons, January/February 1960. Alastair Gordon, Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms—Works from 1959-1979 (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2012). Carol Heller, "Dream House—Smash!: The Sexes Don't See Eye to Eye on Artistry," University Daily Kansan (Lawrence, KS), November 9, 1959. Davira S. Taragin, Edward S. Cooke, Jr., and Joseph Giovannini, Furniture by Wendell Castle (New York: Hudson Press, 1989).

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

May 28, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

October 8, 2026