II.2 Sluggo, 1969 (240)

Sculpture

Wendell Castle Archives

Name/Title

II.2 Sluggo, 1969 (240)

Entry/Object ID

sc.0035.0240.1969

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Gel-coated fiberglass, Plexiglas, Automobile paint

Collection

Lamps, 1960s

Cataloged By

[email protected]

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Wendell Castle

Role

Artist

Date made

1969

Time Period

1960s

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Transcription

Wendell Castle 1969

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Catalogue Raisonné Number

Other Number

II.2

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

240

Dimensions

Height

18-1/2 in

Width

36-1/2 in

Depth

16 in

Height

47 cm

Width

92.7 cm

Depth

40.6 cm

Color

Blue

Inventory

Inventoried By

[email protected]

Inventoried Date

May 28, 2026

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Wendell Castle and Nancy Jurs

Place

County

Scottsville

State/Province

New York

Provenance Detail

20th Century Gallery

Place

City

Toronto

State/Province

Ontario

Provenance Detail

Unknown private collection

Provenance Detail

R 20th Century

Place

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Provenance Detail

Private Collection

Notes

Private collection in Georgia.

Exhibitions

Sculpted Furniture Forms

Wendell Castle: Works in Plastic 1968-1970

AutoPlastic: Wendell Castle 1968-1973

10 Years in Tribeca

General Notes

Note Type

Literature

Note

Donald Albrecht, Autoplastic: Wendell Castle, 1968-1973, exhibition catalogue (New York: R 20th Century, 2004). Alastair Gordon, Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms—Works from 1959-1979 (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2012). Robert C. Morgon, "Wendell Castle: On the Radical Edge of Livable Forms," Wendell Castle: Rockin', exhibition catalogue (New York: Barry Friedman Ltd. and Friedman Benda LLC, 2010).

Note Type

Comments

Note

Sluggo is intended to be placed on the floor. It was reissued as an edition in 2009 in conjunction with R 20th Century, New York, in blue metallic automobile paint on gel-coated, fiberglass-reinforced plastic on a Plexiglas base in an edition of 8 plus 4 artist's proofs.

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

May 28, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

July 10, 2026