Premier Auction
Sat, Jan 26, 2019 09:00AM EST
Lot 1340
Important Wendell Castle Inlaid Card Table
Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
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| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
American, circa 1982, burl redwood top, lacquered maple, Gabon ebony frame, set with four dovetailed drawers, scrolled legs on turned ball feet, chrome-plated hardware, signed at underside "Wendell Castle/1982" (Kansas/New York, 1932-2018), 28-1/2 x 38-1/4 x 38-1/4 in.
Exhibited: The Extraordinary Art of Wendell Castle, Alexander F. Milliken Inc., New York, New York, March 8-April 20, 1983; American Living National Treasures, Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C., May 4-June 18, 1983; Ornamentalism, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, September 1-October 16, 1983; Harcus Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, December 10, 1983-January 11, 1984.
Literature: The National Art Museum and Gallery Guide, front page, Vol. 2, No. 5, March/April, 1983; Abercrombie, Stanley, "Furnishings, The Changing Wonders of Wendell Castle", AIA Journal, September 1982, p. 76; Chapman, Urbane, "Wendell Castle Tries Elegance...", Fine Woodworking, September/October 1983, p. 72.
Lot is accompanied by: a facsimile of the invoice from Alexander E. Milken Inc. to George M. Kaufman, with exhibition history, dated April 12, 1984 and facsimile of an appraisal from J. Michael Flanigan for $25,000, dated December 15, 1987.
American Craft, Vol. 57, No. 5, October/November 1997, p. 86:
Born 1932, in Emporia, Kanasas. Lives in Scottsville, New York. and has been artist-in-residence at the School for American Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology, since 1984. Attended University of Kansas (B.F.A. industrial design 1958, M.F.A. sculpture 1961). Taught at RIT (1963-69), State University of New York at Brockport (1969-1980), and the Wendell Castle School, which he operated 1980-88. Recipient, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant (1972), National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships (1973, '75, '76, '88) and honorary doctorates, Maryland Institute College of Art (1979), SUNY Brockport (1997). American Craft Council Fellow (1986) and trustee (1986-91); member, National Museum of American Art Commission, Smithsonian Institution (1987-95); honorary trustee, Renwick Gallery (1990). Subject of numerous publications, including the monograph Furniture by Wendell Castle (Hudson Hills Press, 1989).
