I.28 Scribe Stool, 1961-1962 (1)

Sculpture

Wendell Castle Archives

Name/Title

I.28 Scribe Stool, 1961-1962 (1)

Entry/Object ID

sc.0028.0001.1961

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Walnut, Ebony

Collection

Sculptures, 1960s

Cataloged By

[email protected]

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Wendell Castle

Role

Artist

Date made

1961 - 1962

Time Period

1960s

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

Incised on the underside of the seat.

Transcription

Castle 61-62

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Catalogue Raisonné Number

Other Number

I.28

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

Dimensions

Height

54 in

Width

26 in

Depth

26 in

Height

137.2 cm

Width

66 cm

Depth

66 cm

Color

Brown

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

Musée des arts decoratifs de Montréal

Place

State/Province

Quebec

Country

Canada

Provenance Detail

Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection

Notes

Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection: Gift of Vivian and David M. Campbell. Acc. no. D88.13.1.1.

Exhibitions

Young Americans 1962

Design 1935-1965: What Modern Was

General Notes

Note Type

Literature

Note

Terri Barnes, ed., "Air Waves: Fabulous and Functional Furniture," US AIRWAYS Magazine (March 1990). Ralph Caplan, "Cross Section," Industrial Design (August 1962). Priscilla Chapman, "Crafts Exhibition: Maybe a Shot in the Arm," New York Herald Tribune, May 28, 1962. Arthur C. Danto, Peter T. Joseph, and Emma T. Cobb, Angel Chairs: New Work by Wendell Castle (New York: Peter Joseph Gallery, 1991). Julie Sinclair Eakin, "Along the Way/Art: Wendell Castle's Fanciful Furniture," VISàVIS: The Magazine of United Airlines (December 1989). Martin Eidelberg, ed. Design 1935-1965: What Modern Was: Selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1991). Alastair Gordon, Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms–Works from 1959-1979 (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2012). Sebby Wilson Jacobson, "The Roots of Wendell Castle," Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), November 15, 1990. Dorothy Kamm, "Castle's Fantasy Furniture," Nit & Wit: Chicago's Art Magazine, May/June 1983. Barbara Lovenheim, "Wendell Castle," Breaking Ground: A Century of Craft Art in Western New York (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2010). Oppi, Untracht, "Young Americans: Enamels, Glass, Wood, Bronze," Craft Horizons, July/August 1962. "The World Yesterday: What Modern Was: Design, 1935-1965," USA Today: The Magazine of the American Scene (September 1991). "Worth Thinking About," House and Garden (October 1962). "Young Americans 1962," Home Furnishings Daily, May 28, 1962.

Created By

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Create Date

May 28, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

October 8, 2026