Price databaseBrowseSell your artwork
Watchlist
Wendell Castle, Caligari's Mistress's Desk and Chair, 1990, oak, mahogany, ebony and mahogany veneer, aniline-dyed and acrylic-painted gesso, leather© Rago Auctions — view on Rago Auctions website ↗

Thumbnail shown for reference only. Rago Auctions holds the rights to its photography — see the full images on the original lot page ↗

Auction result

Caligari's Mistress's Desk and Chair

Wendell Castle (American, 1932–2018) · 1990

$50,000 price realized incl. premium

≈ £38,877≈ €45,216

Hammer $40,000 · with buyer’s premium $50,000

Sign up free to see all prices

You’ve used this month’s free price views. A free account shows the hammer price, buyer’s premium and price realized for every lot — no card, no fees.

Sign up free Sign in
Medium
Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →
As published: “oak, mahogany, ebony and mahogany veneer, aniline-dyed and acrylic-painted gesso, leather”
Support
Panel
Category
Acrylic paintings
Dimensions
34½ h x 77 w x 36 d in (88 x 196 x 91 cm)
Auction house
Rago Auctions
Sale
Masterworks of American Craft (auctions/2019/11/masterworks-of-american-craft)
Date
November 22, 2019
Location
Lambertville, New Jersey, United States
Lot
24
Estimate
$50,000 – — (≈ £38,877) (≈ €45,216)
Source
Auction house ragoarts.com ↗
Retrieved Oct 2, 2026

View original lot page ↗

Own a work by Wendell Castle? Get a free auction estimate →

Own this work? Add it to My Collection → Private to you, with alerts when comparable works sell.

Similar size by this artist

Works by Wendell Castle with a longest side of about 196 cm (77 in) (±20 %).

All Wendell Castle results of this size →

More results for Wendell Castle

All results for Wendell Castle →

Also in this sale

Masterworks of American Craft · Rago Auctions · Nov 22, 2019

All Rago Auctions results →

Similar works

Acrylic results by other artists in a similar price range.