II.50 Lidded Chest, c. 1963 (176)

Sculpture

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Wendell Castle Archives

Name/Title

II.50 Lidded Chest, c. 1963 (176)

Entry/Object ID

sc.0091.0176.1963

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Rosewood

Collection

Chests, 1960s

Cataloged By

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Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Wendell Castle

Role

Artist

Date made

circa 1963

Time Period

1960s

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Catalogue Raisonné Number

Other Number

II.50

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

176

Dimensions

Height

26 in

Width

48 in

Depth

22 in

Height

66 cm

Width

121.9 cm

Depth

22 cm

Colors

Color

Brown

Color Notes

A striped mixture of different brown shades.

Inventory

Inventoried By

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Inventoried Date

Jun 11, 2026

Exhibitions

American Craftsman/1965: Festival of Contemporary Arts
Designed by Wendell Castle
Wendell Castle, Wharton Esherick, Sam Maloof, Marcello Grassmann

General Notes

Note Type

Literature

Note

Wendell Castle and David Edman, The Wendell Castle Book of Wood Lamination (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co, 1980). Krannert Art Museum, American Craftsman: Festival of Contemporary Arts, 1965, exhibition catalogue (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1965). Donald McKinley, "Exhibitions: Wendell Castle," The Memorial Art Gallery," exh. review, Craft Horizons (March-April 1966). "October: Gifts Exclusive," Esquire (October 1967). "Wendell Castle," Mobilia (Copenhagen) (August 1968). Irwin Whitaker, Crafts and Craftsmen (Dallas: W.C. Brown, 1967).

Created By

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Create Date

June 11, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

June 11, 2026