II.48 Chest of Drawers, 1962 (3)

Sculpture

Wendell Castle Archives

Name/Title

II.48 Chest of Drawers, 1962 (3)

Entry/Object ID

sc.0081.0003.1962

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Oak, Walnut, Birch, Oak plywood

Collection

Dressers, 1960s

Cataloged By

[email protected]

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Wendell Castle

Role

Artist

Date made

1962

Time Period

1960s

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

On side of carcass.

Transcription

WC 62

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Catalogue Raisonné Number

Other Number

II.48

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

Dimensions

Height

47-1/4 in

Width

52-3/8 in

Depth

20-7/16 in

Height

120 cm

Width

133 cm

Depth

51.9 cm

Colors

Color

Brown

Color Notes

Mixed shades of brown.

Inventory

Inventoried By

[email protected]

Inventoried Date

Jun 2, 2026

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Lee Nordness Gallery

Place

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Provenance Detail

Private Collection

Provenance Detail

Arlene and Harvey Caplan

Place

Unincorporated Community

Short Hills

State/Province

New Jersey

Notes

Private collection in Racine, WI.

Exhibitions

Fantasy Furniture

Woven Forms by Dominic Di Mare / Furniture by Wendell Castle

Furniture by Wendell Castle

Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms–Works from 1959-1979

General Notes

Note Type

Literature

Note

American Craftsmen's Council, Fantasy Furniture, exhibition catalogue (New York: Museum of Contemporary Crafts of the American Craftsmen's Council, 1966). Joan Boram, "His Artistry in Furniture Melds Form and Function," Observer (Farmington, MI), January 4, 1990. Wendell Castle and David Edman, The Wendell Castle Book of Wood Lamination (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1980). Alastair Gordon, Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms—1959-1979 (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2012). Howard Graff, "The Designers: Rising Stars," House Beautiful (July 1966). Dylan Landis, "Furniture is the Canvas for Wendell Castle's Wild Ideas," Chicago Tribune, December 31, 1989. Museum of Contemporary Crafts (now Museum of Arts and Design) Annual Report, 1966. Ron Netsky, "Carving Out a Career: Retrospective Surveys Art of Wendell Castle," Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), December 23, 1990. Marian Page, "Fantasy Furniture," Interiors (February 1966). Sotheby's, The Associates of the American Craft Museum Benefit Auction Catalogue (New York: Sotheby's, 1987). Davira S. Taragin, Edward S. Cooke, Jr., and Joseph Giovannini, Furniture by Wendell Castle (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1989). Sally Vallongo, "Wendell Castle Takes an Artistic View of Furniture," The Blade (Toledo, OH,) December 17, 1989.

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

June 2, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

October 8, 2026