Download And Enjoy Wendell Castle: A Catalogue Raisonne, 1958-2012 Written By Emily Evans Eerdmans Available In Interactive EBook

is super nice, though it was anticlimactic, I have been waiting for it for almost,/years Now waiting for the next one, This book has a listing for every piece of furniture Wendell Caste has ever made, I was a little disappointed that there wasn't a photo for every listing but it does have information about every piece including dimensions, materials, date made, if it's signed, provenance and exhibitions and literature in which the piece has appeared.
I've spent hours paging through the book already, I have a lot of design books, This one was expensive and not worth it in my mind, It's mostly text and not enough large photos of the work, Also it came damaged and therd party seller did not respond to my complaint, Overall I was disappointed with the experience, The collective work of sculptor and furniture designer Wendell Castle is comprehensively recorded in this inclusive and handsomely illustrated catalogue raisonnéImages of the iconic artists body of work track his craft from his seminal pieces through nearly sixty years of ongoing exploration and achievementsIncluded are three essays that offer varying perspectives on Castles vast works and an extensive back matter section that further elucidates his vocation Sculptor and furniture designer Wendell Castle has carved a distinct path over nearly six decades of a distinguished career, and this long awaited recording of his oeuvre, Wendell Castle: A Catalogue Raisonné,, beautifully delivers.
The voluminous accounting, beginning with Castles earliest, mid century works through to his unabashed experiments with unconventional materials gel coated fiberglass and metallic automobile paint and his latest signature wood laminations, is comprehensive and detailed.
Three essays of varying perspectives introduce the Catalogue Raisonné and a substantial back matter follows,

Castle is widely collected and has works in the permanent collections of thanmuseums and cultural institutions around the world, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York Museum of Modern Art New York Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, DC Musée des beaux arts de Montréal Quebec, Canada and the Victoria and Albert Museum London.

Castle has also been the recipient of many honors and awards, including four National Endowment for the Arts grants, three honorary degrees, the American Craft Council Gold Medal, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
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