I.24 Stool Sculpture, 1959 (6)

Sculpture

Wendell Castle Archives

Name/Title

I.24 Stool Sculpture, 1959 (6)

Entry/Object ID

sc.0024.0006.1959

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Walnut, Ivory

Collection

Sculptures, 1950s

Cataloged By

[email protected]

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Wendell Castle

Role

Artist

Date made

1959

Time Period

1950s

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Transcription

WC 59

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Catalogue Raisonné Number

Other Number

I.24

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

Dimensions

Height

61 in

Width

23-1/4 in

Depth

37 in

Height

154.9 cm

Width

59.1 cm

Depth

94 cm

Colors

Color

Brown

Color Notes

Medium brown with red undertones.

Inventory

Inventoried By

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Inventoried Date

May 28, 2026

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Wendell Castle and Nancy Jurs

Place

County

Scottsville

State/Province

New York

Provenance Detail

Private Collection

Notes

Private collection in Florida.

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Sixth Annual Kansas Designer Craftsmen Exhibition

Notes

Won Dr. and Mrs. Penfield Jones prize.

Mid-American Exhibition

Sculpture in Wood and Copper by Wendell Castle

Furniture by Wendell Castle

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

Wharton to Wendell

General Notes

Note Type

Literature

Note

"Art," Michigan Magazine (Detroit News), September 17, 1989. "Entertainbeat: Wendell Castle Furnishes the DIA with an Exhibit," Detroit News, July 11, 1989. "Featured Exhibition: Furniture by Wendell Castle," Delaware Art Museum Quarterly (Winter 1990). Bill Ferguson, "Furniture Fantastique: Art Furniture, Designer Wendell Castle's Sought-After Creations Defy Traditional Definitions." Syracuse Herald-Journal, New York, April 25, 1988. Henry Clay Gold, "Sculpture Offers a Fresh View," Kansas City Star, July 24, 1960. Alastair Gordon, Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms–Works from 1959-1979 (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co. 2012). Sebby Wilson Jacobson, "Wendell Castle Furnishes Nation with New 20th-Century Art Form," Kansas Alumni Magazine (June 1989). _____, "The Roots of Wendell Castle," Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), November 15, 1990. Ron Netsky, "Carving Out a Career: Retrospective Surveys Art of Wendell Castle," Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), December 23, 1990. "Slide Show," Albany Herald (Georgia). November 11, 1995. Davira S. Taragin, Edward S. Cooke, Jr., and Joseph Giovannini, Furniture by Wendell Castle (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1989). Sally Vallongo, "Wendell Castle Takes an Artistic View of Furniture," The Blade (Toledo, OH), December 17, 1989.

Created By

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Create Date

May 28, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

September 8, 2026