II.140 Settee, 1968 (119)

Name/Title

II.140 Settee, 1968 (119)

Entry/Object ID

sc.0188.0119.1968

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Cherry

Collection

Settees, 1960s

Cataloged By

[email protected]

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Wendell Castle

Role

Artist

Date made

1968

Time Period

1960s

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Transcription

W.C. 1968

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Catalogue Raisonné Number

Other Number

II.140

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

119

Dimensions

Height

30-1/4 in

Width

72 in

Depth

40 in

Height

76.8 cm

Width

182.9 cm

Depth

101.6 cm

Colors

Color

Brown

Color Notes

Shades of light to medium brown.

Inventory

Inventoried By

[email protected]

Inventoried Date

Jul 20, 2026

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Wendell Castle and Nancy Jurs

Place

County

Scottsville

State/Province

New York

Provenance Detail

Private Collection

Provenance Detail

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Place

City

Minneapolis

State/Province

Minnesota

Notes

Private collection in Indiana. Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Gift of the Decorative Arts Council. Acc. no. 93.9.

Exhibitions

The Furniture of Wendell Castle
Wendell Castle: Recent Work
Woodenworks: Furniture Objects by Five Contemporary Craftsmen
Wood—Wendell Castle, Fiber—Sheri Smith, Clay—Robert Winker

General Notes

Note Type

Literature

Note

Talis Bergmanis, "Scottsville Craftsman Creates Useable Sculptures," Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), October 27, 1968. Charles Boyce, Dictionary of Furniture (New York: Facts on File, 1985). Wendell Castle and David Edman, The Wendell Castle Book of Wood Lamination (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1980). Alastair Gordon, Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms—1959-1979 (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2012). Julie Hall, Tradition and Change: The New American Craftsman (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1977). Sarah Medford, Peter Joseph Gallery News, Fall 1993. Edward Lucie-Smith, Furniture: A Concise History (London: Oxford University Press, 1979). Todd Merrill and Julie V. Iovine, Modern Americana: Studio Furniture from High Craft to High Glam (New York: Rizzoli, 2008). Jamie Miller, "The Castle's Castle," Upstate New York Sunday magazine (Democrat and Chronicle) (Rochester, NY), May 25, 1975. 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). Ron Netsky, "Wendell Castle: Crossing the Line That Separated Craftwork from Artwork," Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), July 6, 1986. Anne Ogden, "Designing Their Own Lifestyle," House Beautiful (June 1973). Nicholas Roukes, Masters of Wood Sculpture (New York: Watson-Guptill, 1980). Michael A. Stone, Contemporary American Woodworkers (Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs M. Smith, 1986). "Technique and Style," Furniture Journal, issue 4, 1993.

Create Date

July 20, 2026

Update Date

July 20, 2026