Lot Essay
This cabinet is from a series developed by Castle in the late 1980's called "violated" cabinets. This cabinet was the only one of that series to make use of cast bronze.
WENDELL CASTLE, 1987
Details
'HE CAME WITHOUT HIS WALLET', A FORMICA, BRONZE AND MAPLE CABINET
wendell castle, 1987
The rectangular formica base supporting bronze arms holding a yellow-stained curly maple veneered cabinet with rubber "fringe" hanging below, signed Wendell Castle 1987
45 x 48 x 16in. (114.3 x 121.9 x 40.6cm.)
wendell castle, 1987
The rectangular formica base supporting bronze arms holding a yellow-stained curly maple veneered cabinet with rubber "fringe" hanging below, signed Wendell Castle 1987
45 x 48 x 16in. (114.3 x 121.9 x 40.6cm.)
Literature
Patricia Conway, Art for Everyday, Clarkson Potter Publishers, New York, 1990, p. 29