Wendell Castle (American, 1932-2018) "Boston" Table, USA, 1980

Stack-laminated and carved cherry
Incised date and signature: "W. Castle 80"

Note: The studio inventory number for this work is 134.

H: 20 1/2, W: 41 1/4, D: 20 1/2 in.

Note

A version of this table, made in elm in 1979, is held in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and was exhibited in The Maker's Hand: American Studio Furniture, 1940-1990, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA, November 12, 2003-February 8, 2004.

Exhibited

Rochester General Art Show, Rochester Museum & Science Center, Pittsford, NY, October 3-4, 1981 (present lot exhibited).

Published

Emily Eerdmans, Wendell Castle: A Catalogue Raisonné 1958-2012, The Artist Book Foundation, 2014, pp. 194-195, III.217 (present lot illustrated)

Literature

Wendell Castle and David Edman, The Wendell Castle Book of Wood Lamination, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1980

Provenance

Doyle, New York, June, 24, 1998

Acquired by the present owner from the above

Property from a Distinguished New Jersey Private Collection