II.122 Vermillion Desk Chair, 1965 (45)

Sculpture

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Wendell Castle Archives

Name/Title

II.122 Vermillion Desk Chair, 1965 (45)

Entry/Object ID

sc.0170.0045.1965

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Vermillion

Collection

Chairs, 1960s

Cataloged By

[email protected]

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Wendell Castle

Role

Artist

Date made

1965

Time Period

1960s

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

On the underside of its seat.

Transcription

WC 65

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Catalogue Raisonné Number

Other Number

II.122

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

45

Dimensions

Height

31-1/2 in

Width

21-3/4 in

Depth

26 in

Height

80 cm

Width

52.2 cm

Depth

66 cm

Colors

Color

Brown

Color Notes

Dark brown.

Inventory

Inventoried By

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Inventoried Date

Jul 14, 2026

Relationships

Related Entries

Entry

II.171 Vermillion Desk, 1965 (45)

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Private Collection

Notes

Private collection in Rochester, NY.

Exhibitions

Designed by Wendell Castle
Wendell Castle, Wharton Esherick, Sam Maloof, Marcello Grassmann
Furniture by Wendell Castle

General Notes

Note Type

Literature

Note

"Art," Michigan Magazine (Detroit News), September 17, 1989. Joan Boram, "His Artistry in Furniture Melds Form and Function," Observer (Farmington, MI), January 4, 1990. Beth Dunlop, "A Metaphor for the Decades," Modern Magazine (Fall 2012). Michael Eilperin, "Agenda: Castle's Craft," Elle Decor (April 1991). Shirley M. Friedman, "Famed Artisan Exhibits Furniture: Castle's Treasury," Sunday Star Ledger (Newark, NJ), February 17, 1991. Helen Giambruni, "Wendell Castle," Craft Horizons (September/October 1968). Alastair Gordon, Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms–Works from 1959-1979 (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2012). Laurie Hindson, "Bean Barn Art," Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), May 9, 1976. Beverly Hall Lawrence, "On a Wing and a Chair," City Living section, Newsday (Long Island, NY), February 14, 1991. Ron Netsky, "Carving Out a Career: Retrospective Surveys Art of Wendell Castle," Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), December 23, 1990. Edward J. Sozanski, "The Table as Artistic Statement," Philadelphia Inquirer, March 25, 1990. 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. Jean Walwrath, "Newly Designed Furniture that Gets Pretty Wild," Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), December 19, 1965. "Wendell Castle," Mobilia (Copenhagen) (August 1968).

Note Type

Comments

Note

Vermillion Desk Chair was made to accompany Vermillion Desk, II.171.

Created By

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Create Date

July 14, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

September 9, 2026