II.133 Baker Dining Chairs, 1967 (85)

Sculpture

Wendell Castle Archives

Name/Title

II.133 Baker Dining Chairs, 1967 (85)

Entry/Object ID

sc.0181.0085.1967

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

White oak

Collection

Chairs, 1960s

Cataloged By

[email protected]

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Wendell Castle

Role

Artist

Date made

1967

Time Period

1960s

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Transcription

W.C. 1967

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Catalogue Raisonné Number

Other Number

II.133

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

Dimensions

Height

29-1/2 in

Width

22-1/2 in

Depth

24 in

Height

74.9 cm

Width

57 cm

Depth

61 cm

Colors

Color

Brown

Color Notes

Brown with yellow undertones and darker accents.

Inventory

Inventoried By

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Inventoried Date

Jul 17, 2026

Relationships

Related Entries

Entry

II.132 Baker Two-Seaters, 1966 (206)

II.181 Baker Dining Table, 1966 (158)

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Douglas and Ann Baker

Place

City

Rochester

State/Province

New York

Provenance Detail

Wendell Castle and Nancy Jurs

Place

County

Scottsville

State/Province

New York

Provenance Detail

Private Collection

Provenance Detail

R 20th Century

Place

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Notes

Private collection in Rochester, NY; private collection in South Korea.

Exhibitions

Crafts '67

Second National Invitational Crafts Exhibition

Woodenworks: Furniture Objects by Five Contemporary Craftsmen

Sitzart

Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms–Works from 1959-1979

General Notes

Note Type

Literature

Note

Ball State University Art Gallery, exhibition catalogue (Muncie, IN: Ball State University, 1967). "The Brief: Wendell Castle Turns 80," Art in America (December 2012). 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). Illinois State University, Second National Invitational Crafts Exhibition, exhibition catalogue (Normal, IL: Illinois State University, May 1968). Minnesota Museum of Art, Woodenworks: Furniture Objects by Five Contemporary Craftsmen: George Nakashima, Sam Maloof, Wharton Esherick, Arthur Espenet Carpenter, Wendell Castle, exhibition catalogue (St. Paul: Minnesota Museum of Art, 1972).

Note Type

Comments

Note

Four chairs were made to accompany Baker Dining Table, II.181 and two Baker Two-Seaters, II.132.

Created By

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Create Date

July 17, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

October 8, 2026