III.382 Trompe l'Oeil Umbrella Stand, 1977 (859)

Sculpture

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Wendell Castle Archives

Name/Title

III.382 Trompe l'Oeil Umbrella Stand, 1977 (859)

Entry/Object ID

sc.0087.0859.1977

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Maple

Collection

Umbrella Stands, 1970s

Cataloged By

[email protected]

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Wendell Castle

Role

Artist

Date made

1977

Time Period

1970s

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

On the exterior near the base.

Transcription

W.C. 77

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Catalogue Raisonné Number

Other Number

III.382

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

859

Dimensions

Height

36 in

Width

15 in

Depth

17 in

Height

91.4 cm

Width

38.1 cm

Depth

43.2 cm

Colors

Color

Tan, Brown

Color Notes

Light to medium tan/brown with yellow undertones and the occasional darker streak.

Inventory

Inventoried By

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Inventoried Date

Jun 10, 2026

Relationships

Related Entries

Entry

Trompe l'Oeil Umbrella Stand, 1977 (859, 348) Sketch

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Peter Joseph

Place

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Provenance Detail

Wendy Evans Joseph

Place

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Exhibitions

Sixteen American Woodcarvers
Illusions
Wood: Traditions/Innovations, Furniture, and Objects by Fourteen American Woodworkers
Official Residence of the vice president (Walter Mondale)
New Handmade Furniture: American Furniture Masters Working in Hardwood
Furniture by Wendell Castle

General Notes

Note Type

Literature

Note

American Craft Museum: Celebration 25 (New York: American Craft Council: 1981). Joy Hakanson Colby, "DIA Show Proves Wendell Castle Is Chair-man of Fun Furniture," Detroit News, December 6, 1989. Patricia Conway, Art for Everyday: The New Craft Movement (New York: Clarkson Potter Publishers, 1990). Davira S. Taragin, Edward S. Cooke, Jr., and Joseph Giovannini, Furniture by Wendell Castle (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1989). Craft Center, American Woodcarvers, exhibition catalogue, Craft Center, Worcester, MA, 1978. Natalie Edgar, "Sixteen American Woodcarvers," Craft Horizons (April 1978). "Featured Exhibition: Furniture by Wendell Castle," Delaware Art Museum Quarterly (Winter 1990). Phyllis Feldkamp, "Craftsmen Warm Up to Wood," The Bulletin (Philadelphia, PA), July 3, 1979. August Heckscher, "American Craft Museum: Twenty-five Years," American Craft (October/November 1981). Doris Herzig, "A Furniture Maker's Artistic Twist," Newsday (Long Island, NY), May 20, 1978. Helen L. Kohen, "Funny Forms Mask Fine Designs," Miami Herald, June 13, 1980. Beverly Hall Lawrence, "On a Wing and a Chair," Newsday (Long Island, NY), City Living section, February 14, 1991. Edward Lucie-Smith, Art in the Seventies (New York: Phaidon Press, 1980). Russell Lynes, "Russell Lynes Observes: 'The Sophisticated Crafts'," Architectural Digest (June 1981). Michael Nahmias, "Les ébènistes du nouveau monde," La Maison de Marie Claire (Paris, France) (September 1979). Rita Reif, "The Art of the Furniture Maker," New York Times, May 3, 1979. Marsha Stanley, "Wendell Castle Has Carved a Museum-Level Reputation That's Unassailable Except by Termites," People magazine (April 23, 1979). Constance Stapleton, "Crafts in the Vice-Presidential Collection," American Craft (December 1979/January 1980). "Style Beat: Fancy Woodwork," House Beautiful (November 1989).

Created By

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Create Date

June 10, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

October 7, 2026