II.195 Desk/Table, 1968 (169)

Sculpture

Wendell Castle Archives

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

sc.0244.0169.1968

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Cherry

Collection

Desks, 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

WC 68

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Catalogue Raisonné Number

Other Number

II.195

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

169

Dimensions

Height

29-1/4 in

Depth

28 in

Length

74-1/4 in

Height

75.6 cm

Depth

71.1 cm

Length

188.6 cm

Colors

Color

Brown

Color Notes

Various shades of brown ranging from light to medium.

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

Exhibitions

Zevi Blum and Wendell Castle

Exhibition

1969 Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition

Notes

Desk/Table won the David Jewett Award here.

Art in Other Media

Wendell Castle: Forms within Forms—The 21st Century

General Notes

Note Type

Literature

Note

Dona Z. Meilach, Creating Modern Furniture: Trends, Techniques, Appreciation (New York: Crown Publishing, 1975). 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).

Created By

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Create Date

September 3, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

September 9, 2026