Wendell Castle (American, b. 1932)
Clock, 1984
Granite, mahogany, glass, brass
112 x 29 x 29 inches (284.5 x 73.7 x 73.7 cm)
Incised Wendell Castle, 1984

Please note: This lot is located in Heritage's Dallas Design District Office. It can be viewed by appointment through our Dallas office. Buyer will be responsible for pick-up at this facility.

Wendell Castle (born 1932) is an American furniture maker who is widely
considered the 'Father of the American Art Furniture movement.'
With a long and rich career of making, exhibiting and teaching Castle has been
widely influential and incredibly commercially successful. Creating first sculptural
pieces out of plastic in the 1960's and then later sculptural wood works
using the stack-lamination technique, he is able to easily dictate the size and
shape of his forms, without restriction. His pieces are objects of great power,
and grace, and he has maintained an ability to continually inspire his peers and
delight the wider Design world.
Castle's long career has garnered well-deserved and unparalleled fame and accolades.
His work is included in major international institutions and collections,
and he has been granted a large number of important awards.
In 1994 he was awarded the 'Visionaries of the American Craft Movement' nod
which is sponsored by the American Craft Museum. A gold medal followed
from the American Craft Council in 1997. Grants have been given to the Castle
studio from both the National Endowment of the Arts as well as the Comfort
Tiffany Foundation. In 2001, he received the award of distinction from The Furniture
Society of America.
Heritage is proud to present during "Design Week at Heritage" the world-premiere
of the documentary film produced by The International Wood Culture
Society, Directed by Peter Yu: "No Looking Back, Wendell Castle: The Father
of American Art Furniture." Please inquire for information on this important film,
to be screened in LA during the Beverly Hills auction preview for the May 17th
Design auction.

Scuffing to the granite base and spheres from installation, minor lifting of the veneer to verso, hinge to the clock mechanism needs to be tightened. Heritage does not guarantee the working order or completeness of clock mechanisms.