II.105 Stool, 1963 (90)

Sculpture

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Wendell Castle Archives

Name/Title

II.105 Stool, 1963 (90)

Entry/Object ID

sc.0146.0090.1963

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Cherry

Collection

Stools, 1960s

Cataloged By

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Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Wendell Castle

Role

Artist

Date made

1963

Time Period

1960s

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Catalogue Raisonné Number

Other Number

II.105

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

90

Dimensions

Height

25-1/2 in

Width

20 in

Circumference

12 in

Height

64.8 cm

Width

50.8 cm

Circumference

30.5 cm

Dimension Notes

Dimension of the legs and seat circumference.

Colors

Color

Brown

Color Notes

Light brown with the occasional darker marking.

Inventory

Inventoried By

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Inventoried Date

Jun 16, 2026

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Private Collection

Notes

Private collection in Cincinnati, Ohio.

General Notes

Note Type

Literature

Note

Alastair Gordon, Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms—1959-1979 (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2012).

Note Type

Comments

Note

Stool was a pivotal piece in which Castle literally shifted from sculpture to furniture during its creation. Initially, Castle conceived a sculpted base that issued branchlike limbs. "I flipped it over and saw it could be a stool. I then contoured the seat, clipped the legs so they were all the same length, and it became a piece of furniture." He continued to riff on the leg vocabulary for what became the prototype for his iconic 1964 Music Rack, II.252.

Created By

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Create Date

June 15, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

June 16, 2026