WRONG HOUSE

WRONG HOUSE

Sticking Your Hand in the Fountain With William Stone

For 50 years, the artist has been blurring the distinction between art and design.

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Wrong House
Dec 04, 2025
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By Lila Allen

When you pull up to the house of William Stone, you’ll know it if you have any familiarity with the sculpture he’s been making for a half-century. At the mouth of the driveway, an inverted, forked tree trunk rises from the grass. Cheap solar garden lights—the kind you can buy at Home Depot for three bucks apiece—stick out from the trunk at …

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