II.25 Castle Chair, 1969 (208)

Sculpture

Wendell Castle Archives

Name/Title

II.25 Castle Chair, 1969 (208)

Entry/Object ID

sc.0058.0208.1969

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Gel-coated fiberglass

Collection

Chairs, 1960s, AutoPlastic: Wendell Castle

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

Varies

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Catalogue Raisonné Number

Other Number

II.25

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

208

Dimensions

Height

22 in

Width

47 in

Depth

38-1/2 in

Height

55.9 cm

Width

119.4 cm

Depth

97.8 cm

Color

Orange

Inventory

Inventoried By

[email protected]

Inventoried Date

Jun 1, 2026

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Musée des arts decoratifs de Montréal

Place

State/Province

Quebec

Country

Canada

Provenance Detail

Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection

Notes

Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection: Gift of Paul Leblanc. Acc. no. D01.408.1.

Exhibitions

Nancy Jurs—Wendell Castle

Innovations: Contemporary Home Envisions

High Styles: Twentieth-Century American Design

AutoPlastic: Wendell Castle 1968-1973

General Notes

Note Type

Literature

Note

Donald Albrecht, AutoPlastic: Wendell Castle, 1968-1973, exhibition catalogue (New York: R 20th Century, 2004). Jay Belloli, Introd. to Innovations: Contemporary Home Envisions, exhibition catalogue (La Jolla, CA: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 1973). Anne Bony, Furniture and Interiors of the 1960s (Paris: Flammarion, 2004). "Designers Saturday," Interiors (August 1978). Martin Filler, "The Interior Landscape and the Politics of Change," in Lisa Phillips and David A. Hanks, eds., High Styles: Twentieth Century American Design (New York: Whitney Museum of Art/Summit Books, 1985). Alastair Gordon, Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms—1959-1979 (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2012). Jamine Miller, "The Castle's Castle," Upstate New York Sunday magazine (Democrat and Chronicle) (Rochester, NY), May 25, 1975. Michael Peppiatt, "For the Love of Plastic," Architectural Digest (May 2004). Jean Reeves, "Bright, Plastic World for Furniture 'Collectors'," Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, NY), October 25, 1971. Nancy Tobin Willig, "Interesting Show at Gallery West," Buffalo Courier Express (Buffalo, NY), October 15, 1971.

Note Type

Comments

Note

Castle made this chair as an open edition.

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

June 1, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

July 10, 2026