Wendell Castle (American, 1932-2018) Hand-Form Sofa, a Mirror-Image Variant of 'Upper Hand'
Wendell Castle (American, 1932-2018) Hand-Form Sofa, a Mirror-Image Variant of 'Upper Hand', Possibly a Prototype, 2006
Wenge, ultrasuede and acrylic-painted, gel-coated fiberglass. A single open hand in molded fiberglass with orange textured finish rising behind a black ultrasuede bench seat on a recessed plinth, with two loose back cushions. The mirror image of 'Upper Hand' of 2004, in a different color, and possibly a prototype; related to the two-handed 'So Fa, So Good!' of the same year. Signed 'Castle 05' (to back of hand). Max Ht. 4 ft. 10 in., L. 7 ft. 7 in., D. 3 ft. Provenance: Wendell Castle Studio. Compare Emily Evans Eerdmans, Wendell Castle: A Catalogue Raisonne, 1958-2012 (New York, 2014), p. 331, no. IV.387, and nos. IV.385 and IV.386.
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Wendell Castle (American, 1932-2018) Hand-Form Sofa, a Mirror-Image Variant of 'Upper Hand', Possibly a Prototype, 2006
Wenge, ultrasuede and acrylic-painted, gel-coated fiberglass. A single open hand in molded fiberglass with orange textured finish rising behind a black ultrasuede bench seat on a recessed plinth, with two loose back cushions. The mirror image of 'Upper Hand' of 2004, in a different color, and possibly a prototype; related to the two-handed 'So Fa, So Good!' of the same year. Signed 'Castle 05' (to back of hand). Max Ht. 4 ft. 10 in., L. 7 ft. 7 in., D. 3 ft. Provenance: Wendell Castle Studio. Compare Emily Evans Eerdmans, Wendell Castle: A Catalogue Raisonne, 1958-2012 (New York, 2014), p. 331, no. IV.387, and nos. IV.385 and IV.386.
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