Wendell Castle Is It Yesterday Left
Price on request
Edition of 8 plus 4 AP
2011
Stained Ash, Oil Finish
Revered as the founding father of the American Art Furniture movement, Wendell Castle was among the first in the U.S. to merge the disciplines of sculpture and design. The voluminous seat of Is It Yesterday Left is supported by three solid legs carved from ash and stained a monochrome black. Bordering on the anthropomorphic, the seat speaks to Castle’s ability to create elegant and beguiling works from humble materials, transforming and elevating their function.
Artist
Wendell Castle
Born in Kansas in 1932, Wendell Castle received two degrees from the University of Kansas, one in industrial design in 1958 and the other in sculpture in 1961. He moved to Rochester, New York to teach at the School for American Crafts and established a permanent studio in the area that is still in operation today. He reinvented himself for nearly six decades.
