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
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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.
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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