II.72 Serpentine Lamp, 1965 (236)

Name/Title

II.72 Serpentine Lamp, 1965 (236)

Entry/Object ID

sc.0113.0236.1965

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Mahogany

Collection

Lamps, 1960s

Cataloged By

[email protected]

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Wendell Castle

Role

Artist

Date made

1965

Time Period

1960s

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

On the side, near its base.

Transcription

Wendell Castle 1965

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Catalogue Raisonné Number

Other Number

II.72

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

236

Dimensions

Height

88 in

Width

70 in

Depth

60 in

Height

223.5 cm

Width

177.8 cm

Depth

152.4 cm

Color

Brown

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Wendell Castle and Nancy Jurs

Place

County

Scottsville

State/Province

New York

Provenance Detail

Musée des arts decoratifs de Montréal

Place

State/Province

Quebec

Country

Canada

Provenance Detail

Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection

Notes

Gift of Vivian and David Campell. Acc. no. D88.198.1a-c.

Exhibition

Design 1935-1965: What Modern Was

General Notes

Note Type

Literature

Note

Fiona and Keith Baker, C20th Furniture (London: Carlton Books, 2000). Martin Eidelberg, ed., Design 1935-1965: What Modern Was: Selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1991). Alastair Gordon, Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms—1959-1979 (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2012). Susan Spencer, "Along the Way/Art: Design on Display: A New Exhibition Takes on Modernism," VISàVIS: The Magazine of United Airlines (July 1991).

Create Date

June 12, 2026

Update Date

June 12, 2026