II.3 Benny, 1969 (14)

Sculpture

Wendell Castle Archives

Name/Title

II.3 Benny, 1969 (14)

Entry/Object ID

sc.0036.0014.1969

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Gel-coated fiberglass, Neon, Automobile paint

Subject

Lamp

Collection

Lamps, 1960s

Cataloged By

[email protected]

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Wendell Castle

Role

Artist

Date made

1969

Time Period

1960s

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Catalogue Raisonné Number

Other Number

II.3

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

Dimensions

Height

34-3/4 in

Width

57-1/4 in

Depth

16-1/2 in

Height

88.3 cm

Width

145.4 cm

Depth

41.9 cm

Colors

Color

Green, Blue

Color Notes

Green with blue lighting.

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

Exhibitions

Wendell Castle First Editions

Sculpted Furniture Forms

Nancy Jurs—Wendell Castle

Wendell Castle

Wendell Castle: Works in Plastic 1968-1970

Furniture by Wendell Castle

AutoPlastic: Wendell Castle 1968-1973

10 Years in Tribeca

Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design

Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms—Works from 1959-1979

General Notes

Note Type

Literature

Note

Donald Albrecht, AutoPlastic: Wendell Castle, 1968-1973, exhibition catalogue (New York: R 20th Century, 2004). Natalie Axton, "The Furniture of Wendell Castle: Serious Whimsy," Chronogram (Kingston, NY), December 2012. Patricia Conway, Art for Everyday: The New Craft Movement (New York: Clarkson Potter Publishers, 1990). Alastair Gordon, Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms—1959-1979 (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2012). Susan Hodara, "When Furniture Wandered into Sculpture," New York Times, November 9, 2012. Todd Merrill and Julie V. Iovine, Modern America: Studio Furniture from High Craft to High Glam (New York: Rizzoli, 2008). Jamie Miller, "The Castle's Castle," Upstate New York Sunday magazine (Democrat and Chronicle) (Rochester, NY), May 25, 1975. Thelma R. Newman, Plastics as Sculpture (Philadelphia: Chilton Press, 1974). Anne Ogden, "Designing Their Own Lifestyle," House Beautiful (June 1973). Susan Rogers, "Lamps From the Floor Up," New York Post, March 24, 1970. Davira S. Taragin, Edward S. Cooke, Jr., and Joseph Giovannini, Furniture by Wendell Castle (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1989).

Note Type

Comments

Note

In 2009, Benny was reissued as an edition in conjunction with R 20th Century, New York, NY, in automobile paint on gel-coated, fiberglass-reinforced plastic with green neon in an edition of 8 with 4 artist's proofs.

Created By

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Create Date

May 28, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

July 10, 2026