WENDELL CASTLE | BENNY

Auction Closed

October 7, 07:54 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

WENDELL CASTLE

BENNY 


2009

from an edition of 8 plus 4 artist's proofs

auto paint on gel-coated fiberglass-reinforced plastic, neon light

signed and dated Castle 69/09

34¼ x 56¾ x 15¾ in. (87 x 144.1 x 40 cm)

R20th Century Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Todd Merrill and Julie V. Iovine, Modern Americana: Studio Furniture from High Crafts to High Glam, New York, 2008, p. 48

Emily Evans Eerdmans, Wendell Castle: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1958–2012, New York, 2014, p. 62, no. II.3

Alastair Gordon, Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms-Works from 1959-1979, New York, 2013, pp. 15, 168-170

Davira S. Taragin, Edward S. Cooke, Jr., and Joseph Giovanni, Furniture by Wendell Castle, New York, 1989, p. 38

Donald Albrecht, Auto-plastic: Wendell Castle 1968-1973, R 20th Century, New York, 2004, n.p.