Nirvana (chair), Wendell Castle

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Wendell Castle, Nirvana (chair)
Wendell Castle, Nirvana (chair)
Wendell Castle
Nirvana (chair)
2007
Wendell Castle, artist
1932–2018
Nirvana (chair), 2007
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: (polychromed) fiberglass
Credit line: Gift of Wendell Castle
Accession number: 2013.0216
Not on display
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Spencer Museum of Art Highlights

Castle is widely acknowledged to be the leading figure in the American studio furniture movement of the 1960s and '70s, and he continues to be an innovator in the field. Nirvana is a deep azure sculptural chair with smooth, rounded features made of polychromed fiberglass. The artist donated this work to the Spencer Museum when he received an honorary doctorate of arts from the University of Kansas in 2013.

Google Art Project

Castle is widely acknowledged to be the leading figure in the American studio furniture movement of the 1960s and '70s, and he continues to be an innovator in the field. Nirvana is a deep azure sculptural chair with smooth, rounded features made of polychromed fiberglass. The artist donated this work to the Spencer Museum when he received an honorary doctorate of arts from the University of Kansas in 2013.

Exhibitions

Teaching Gallery: Recent Acquisitions
2014
Teaching Gallery: Two Weeks in August
2014
Google Art Project
2016
Conversation XIX: Phases: Multinational Works, 1900 to Now
Susan Earle, curator
2016–2021