WENDELL CASTLE (B. 1932)
WENDELL CASTLE (B. 1932)

'HARMONIOUS OPPORTUNITIES' A BENCH, 1990

Details
WENDELL CASTLE (B. 1932)
'HARMONIOUS OPPORTUNITIES' A BENCH, 1990
painted wood, with Avodire veneer seat
47 in. (119.3 cm.) high, 60 in. (152.4 cm.) wide, 38 in. (96.5 cm.) deep
signed Wendell Castle 1990
Literature
A. C. Danto, Angel Chairs: New Work by Wendell Castle, exhibition catalogue, Peter Joseph Gallery, New York, 1991, p. 61.

Exhibited
New York, Peter Joseph Gallery, Angel Chairs: New Work by Wendell Castle, 1991.

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Lot Essay

This piece will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné Wendell Castle: A Catalogue Raisonné 1958-2012 published by The Artist Book Foundation and written by Emily Evans Eerdmans, with essays by Glenn Adamson, Jane Adlin, and Dave Barry.

'Harmonious Opportunities', from the 'Angel Chairs' series, presents the wings of the wingback chair quite literally, and the anthropomorphic piece both metaphorically and physically becomes a dark angel. Carved from wood, this headless seraph with two feet on the ground has outstretched wings which harken, offering to enwrap and protect, but its somewhat somber and foreboding pose is also one of proclamation, a reminder that angels are messengers from other realms whose communications might have dramatic consequences.

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