Wendell Castle made this stand in an edition of 12 in varying woods including mahogany, walnut, and rosewood.
Each stand was hand-carved and features unique variations to its form.
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
Collection of Mr. & Mrs. William M. E. Clarkson, Buffalo, NY
Thence by descent
Exhibited:
Meet Rauschke and Wilken: New Additions to RAM's Wood Collection, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI, June 3 - September 3, 2006.
Bibliography:
Emily Evans Eerdmans, Wendell Castle, A Catalogue Raisonné 1958-2012, Music Rack: pg. 125, fig. 11.258.
Wendell Castle and David Edman, The Wendell Castle Book of Wood Lamination (New York: Can Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1980).
"Gifts You Couldn't Give Before," House Beautiful (December 1973).
Lisa Hammel, "Two designers Have a Way with Wood," New York Times, August 19, 1976.
Ivy L. Barsky, "Wendell Castle," Bulletin: Philadelphia Museum of Art (Fall 1991).