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Lot Description

Wendell Castle

(1932-2018)

Ceci n'est Pas un Cadeau (This is Not a Gift) Carved Box, 2001

basswood

signed 'Nancy and Wendell Aug 2001 ceci n'est pas un cadeau'

H 1 x W 6 x D 4 inches

Property from the Collection of Dr. Robert C. Springborn and Mrs. Carolyn J. Springborn, Naples, Florida

Provenance:
Gift of the artist to Robert and Carolyn Springborn, on the occasion of their 50th Wedding Anniversary

Exhibited:
"Living with Studio Furniture: Collection of Robert and Carolyn Springborn", Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL, January 16-June 28, 2009

Literature:
Naples Museum of Art, Living with Studio Furniture: Collection of Robert and Carolyn Springborn, exh. cat., Naples, 2009, illustrated p. 33

Emily Evans Eerdmans, Wendell Castle, A Catalogue Raisonné 1958-2012, New York, 2014, p. 305

Condition Report

Box is in overall fine stable condition. Includes custom museum-quality display case dimensions H 9 x W 13 x D 8 3/4 inches.

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