II.5 Pinkie, 1969 (215)

Sculpture

Wendell Castle Archives

Name/Title

II.5 Pinkie, 1969 (215)

Entry/Object ID

sc.0038.0215.1969

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Gel-coated fiberglass, 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.5

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

215

Dimensions

Height

46 in

Width

54 in

Depth

16 in

Height

116.8 cm

Width

137.2 cm

Depth

40.6 cm

Colors

Color

Orange

Color Notes

A glossy, deeply vibrant orange sculpture with a clear bulb on top.

Inventory

Inventoried By

[email protected]

Inventoried Date

May 29, 2026

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Wendell Castle and Nancy Jurs

Place

County

Scottsville

State/Province

New York

Provenance Detail

R 20th Century

Place

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Provenance Detail

Private Collection

Notes

Private collection in South Korea.

Exhibitions

Wendell Castle First Editions

Sculpted Furniture Forms

Nancy Jurs—Wendell Castle

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). "Exhibitions," Craft Horizons, March/April 1970. Alastair Gordon, "Famous Again," Wall Street Journal, August 25, 2011. _____, Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms—Works from 1959-1979 (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2012). Eve M. Kahn, "Currents: Furniture: The Human Body and Its Parts as Inspiration," New York Times, April 15, 2004. Jean Reeves, "Bright, Plastic World for Furniture 'Collectors'," Buffalo Evening News (NY), October 1971.

Note Type

Comments

Note

This lamp was reissued as an edition as Pinkie in 2009 in conjunction with R 20th Century, New York, NY, in pink automobile paint on gel-coated, fiberglass-reinforced plastic with a single bulb in an edition of 8 plus 4 artist's proofs.

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

May 29, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

July 10, 2026