II.194 Coffee Table, 1968 (137)

Sculpture

-

Wendell Castle Archives

Name/Title

II.194 Coffee Table, 1968 (137)

Entry/Object ID

sc.0243.0137.1968

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Cherry

Collection

Tables, 1960s

Cataloged By

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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.194

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

137

Dimensions

Height

24 in

Depth

38 in

Length

50 in

Height

61 cm

Depth

96.5 cm

Length

127 cm

Colors

Color

Brown

Color Notes

Various shades of light to medium brown with subtle yellow undertones.

Inventory

Inventoried By

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Inventoried Date

Sep 3, 2026

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Wendell Castle and Nancy Jurs

Place

County

Scottsville

State/Province

New York

Provenance Detail

Private Collection

Notes

Private collection in Rochester, NY; prviate collection in Italy.

Exhibitions

The Furniture of Wendell Castle
Woodenworks: Furniture Objects by Five Contemporary Craftsmen
Bed and Board: Contemporary Quilts & Woodwork

General Notes

Note Type

Literature

Note

Alastair Gordon, Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms—Works from 1959-1979 (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2012). Todd Merrill and Julie V. Iovine, Modern Americana: Studio Furniture from High Craft to High Glam (New York: Rizzoli, 2008). 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). Jamie Miller, "The Castle's Castle," Upstate New York Sunday magazine (Democrat and Chronicle) (Rochester, NY), May 25, 1975. Anne Ogden, "Designing Their Own Lifestyle," House Beautiful (June 1973).

Note Type

Comments

Note

To function as a desk, Castle later extended the height of Coffee Table from 24 inches to 27 inches.

Created By

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Create Date

September 3, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

September 9, 2026