II.141 Table-Chair-Stool (167)

Name/Title

II.141 Table-Chair-Stool (167)

Entry/Object ID

sc.0189.0167.1968

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Afromosia

Collection

Tables, Chairs, Stools, 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

Location

On the lower left corner.

Transcription

WC 68

Type

Inscription

Location

On its base.

Transcription

1/130

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Catalogue Raisonné Number

Other Number

II.141

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

167

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Dimensions of the stool.

Height

16-5/8 in

Width

16-1/4 in

Depth

14-5/8 in

Dimension Description

42.2 cm

Height

41.3 cm

Width

37.1 cm

Dimension Description

Dimensions of the table-chair.

Height

26 in

Width

115-3/4 in

Depth

35 in

Height

66 cm

Width

294 cm

Depth

88.9 cm

Colors

Color

Brown

Color Notes

Interchanging shades of light and medium brown.

Inventory

Inventoried By

[email protected]

Inventoried Date

Aug 6, 2026

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Museum of Art and Design

Place

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Notes

Gift of the Johnson Wax Company, through the American Crafts Council, 1977. Acc. no. 977.2.14.a,b.

Exhibitions

Handcrafted Furniture by Wendell Castle—New York Debut
Objects Are . . . ?
Objects USA: The Johnson Collection of Contemporary Crafts
Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms–Works from 1959-1979

General Notes

Note Type

Literature

Note

Frank Getlein, "New Things Are Happening in Some Old Media," Sunday Star (Washington, DC), October 5, 1969. Alastair Gordon, Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms–Works from 1959-1979 (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2012). "Limber Timber," Newsweek (May 13, 1968). Lee Nordness, Objects: USA (New York: Viking Press, 1970).

Create Date

July 28, 2026

Update Date

October 8, 2026