James Castle

Recto:

(House)

Verso:

(Farmscape)

c. 1910–1977

A charcoal sketch shows a small pavilion at the end of a straight path with dark trees.

A charcoal sketch shows a small pavilion at the end of a straight path with dark trees.

Two shadowy figures stand on a platform beside a silhouetted train and overhead power lines.

Verso

Not on view

Date
c. 1910–1977

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Soot and spit on found paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 3 × 5 7/8 in. (7.6 × 14.9 cm) Image: 3 × 5 7/8 in. (7.6 × 14.9 cm)

Accession number
2017.71a-b

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee, the Director’s Discretionary Funds, and partial gift of an anonymous donor

Rights and reproductions
© James Castle Collection and Archive LP

API
artworks/50646

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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