L03 JAMES CASEBERE
Arches , 1985 / 2016 Gelatin Silver Print , ED 3 / 35 , 15 x 18 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Sean Kelly , NY Estimated retail value : $ 3,500
James Casebere ’ s pioneering work has established him at the forefront of artists working with constructed photography . Over the past forty years , Casebere has devised increasingly complex models and photographed them in his studio , creating photographic tableaux that subtly lay bare their own devices to inhabit the gap between abstraction and image , painting and photography . Casebere was born in 1953 in Lansing , Mich . and currently lives and works in New York .
L04 WENDELL CASTLE
Untitled Coat Rack , 2000 Polychromed jelutong , 83 x 17 x 17 inches Courtesy of the Artist Estimated retail value : $ 12,500
LIVE AUCTION : 2016 . 13
Father of the art furniture movement , Wendell Castle has been a sculptor , designer and educator for more than four decades . An influential artist , his work has led to the development of handcrafted , modern designer furniture as a major art form . His bold and graceful pieces , often organic , and sometimes whimsical , are crafted from rare and beautiful hardwoods , plastics , veneers , and metals in a timeless contemporary style . His expression of color and exotic materials are synonymous with the Wendell Castle name .