Arch Clock
Artist
Wendell Castle (American, 1932–2018)American, 1932–2018
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Arch Clock
Date1985
MediumBrazilian rosewood, curly maple, gold-plated brass, and wind and electrical movements with chimes
Dimensions91 1/2 × 56 1/2 × 19 in. (232.4 × 143.5 × 48.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, gift of Leatrice and Melvin Eagle
Object number2017.302
Non exposé
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Masterpieces of Time," Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 12-October 27, 1985; Alexander F. Milliken Inc., New York, November 2-December 20, 1985; Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., December 24, 1985–May 4, 1986.
"Time and Defiance of Gravity: Recent Works by Wendell Castle," Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, July 12 - September 21, 1986; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, October 1 - November 2, 1986.
Published References "Art Now/New York Gallery Guide," Art Now, Inc., December 1985, cover. Brown, Patricia Leigh. "Castle: A craftsman considered a king," The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 15, 1985. Canty, Donald. "Castle Turns to Towering Clocks," Architecture (February 1986), p. 22-23. Chastain-Chapman, A.U. "Fine Time: Wendell Castle's Baker's Dozen," American Craft (April/May 1986), p. 19, p. 22. Conroy, Sarah Booth. "Art Around the Clock," The Washington Post, January 1, 1986. Dodge-Peters, Susan. "Artful Furniture," Christian Science Monitor, April 8, 1986. Hammel, Lisa. "A Woodworker's Show of Clocks," The New York Times, November 14, 1985. Hammel, Lisa. Time and Defiance of Gravity: Recent Works by Wendell Castle (North Haven, CT, 1986), p. 10, p. 15. Holmes, Roger. "Wendell Castle's Clocks," Fine Woodworking (July/August 1986). Lucie-Smith, Edward. "Time Capsules," Art News (March 1986), p. 114. "Masterpieces of Time: Clocks by Wendell Castle on View at Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery," Antiques & The Arts Weekly, January 24, 1986. "Masterpieces of Time Opens in November," Renwick Quarterly (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.), December 1985-February 1986. Netsky, Ron. "Wendell Castle: Crossing the Line That Separated Craftwork from Artwork," Upstate New York Sunday magazine (Democrat and Chronicle), (Rochester, NY), July 6, 1986. Netsky, Ron. "Wendell Castle: King of His Craft," Democrat and Chronicle, (Rochester, NY), November 11, 1990. "Notizen: Auf der Suche nach der Komischer Zeit," Ambiente (Offenburg, West Germany), (March 1986). "Renwick Gallery," Museum Washington, January / February 1986. Robinson, Rosemary. "Master Worker Wendell Castle's Long-Case Clocks Will Grace Two Major Exhibitions," Brighton-Pittsford Post (Brighton, NY), November 21, 1985. Schaire, Jeffrey. "Wendell Castle's Clocks: The New Work of a Virtuoso Craftsman Poses Some Difficult Problems," Art and Antiques (October 1985), p. 67-69. Scriven, Hugh. "Hugh Scriven Looks at teh Work of Wendell Castle and His Students," Woodworking International (Summer 1987). "Time Keepers," TWA Ambassador (February 1986), p. 80. "Wendell Castle Clocks at the Renwick Gallery," The Uptown Citizen (Washington, D.C.), January 9, 1986. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Catalogue raisonnéEerdmans, Emily Evans. Wendell Castle - A Catalogue Raisonne, 1958-2012, New York: The Artist Book Foundation, 2014.
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