LAW LIBRARY

Jack Chandler was one of the most accomplished landscape architects in the United States. He also enjoyed success as a sculptor. He used found objects and welded them to produce a large collection of works.

The Library series was inspired after Chandler moved his offices and saw empty bookshelves. He decided to make his own books.  Chandler said in an interview, “I liked the way it looked, so I decided to sculpt the whole thing, bookshelves and all. That was the beginning of the ‘Library Series’. And of course, I had a lot of fun thinking up names like, ‘Partially red books’”.

Law Library was donated to the Yountville Friends of the Library by Mr. Chandler's estate.

For Law Library:

Scales are unruly

Those dusty tomes of parchment

Execute justice

By Jonathan Watson