Wendell Castle Rare music stand 1980 Ebonized oak. brass. 55 1/2 in. (141 cm.) high Reverse incised with “W. Castle 80.
Provenance Barbara Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Private collection, McLean, Virginia Literature Derek E. Ostergard, George Nakashima Full Circle, exh. cat., American Craft Museum, New York, 1989, p. 177 for a similar example; Davira S. Taragin, Edward S. Cooke and Joseph Giovannini Furniture by Wendell Castle New York, 1989,p. 25 for a similar example; Jeremy Adamson, The Furniture of Sam Maloof exh. cat., The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., 2001, p. 121 for a similar example; Todd Merrill and Julie V. Iovine, Modern Americana: Studio Furniture from High Craft to High Glam, New York, 2008, p. 45; Jeannine Falino, ed., Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design, exh. cat., Museum of Arts and Design, New York, 2011 for a similar example Catalogue Essay The present lot is the first of two music stands produced with an ebonized finish and brass inlay. Read More
Wendell Castle Rare music stand 1980 Ebonized oak. brass. 55 1/2 in. (141 cm.) high Reverse incised with “W. Castle 80.
Provenance Barbara Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Private collection, McLean, Virginia Literature Derek E. Ostergard, George Nakashima Full Circle, exh. cat., American Craft Museum, New York, 1989, p. 177 for a similar example; Davira S. Taragin, Edward S. Cooke and Joseph Giovannini Furniture by Wendell Castle New York, 1989,p. 25 for a similar example; Jeremy Adamson, The Furniture of Sam Maloof exh. cat., The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., 2001, p. 121 for a similar example; Todd Merrill and Julie V. Iovine, Modern Americana: Studio Furniture from High Craft to High Glam, New York, 2008, p. 45; Jeannine Falino, ed., Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design, exh. cat., Museum of Arts and Design, New York, 2011 for a similar example Catalogue Essay The present lot is the first of two music stands produced with an ebonized finish and brass inlay. Read More
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