James Castle

(Brown and Black Wall Construction)

c. 1910–1977

A vertical image of a textured, rectangular piece of cardboard with abstract black ink strokes and a few touches of blue ink. The cardboard is bound with white string in several places, creating a sense of three-dimensionality and depth. The overall appearance is rustic and handmade, with the cardboard showing signs of wear and the edges fraying slightly.

A vertical image of a textured, rectangular piece of cardboard with abstract black ink strokes and a few touches of blue ink. The cardboard is bound with white string in several places, creating a sense of three-dimensionality and depth. The overall appearance is rustic and handmade, with the cardboard showing signs of wear and the edges fraying slightly.

Not on view

Date
c. 1910–1977

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Soot, spit, string, wax crayon, and corrugated cardboard construction

Dimensions
Overall (Irregular): 8 1/2 × 3 × 1/4in. (21.6 × 7.6 × 0.6 cm)

Accession number
2001.34

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of an anonymous donor

Rights and reproductions
© James Castle Collection and Archive LP

API
artworks/13724

Exhibitions

Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900–1960

Apr 28, 2017–June 2, 2019

James Castle
44 works in the collection, 2 exhibitions

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