James Castle

(Book)
c. 1910–1977

A worn piece of paper with rough edges and stitching on the left side, featuring abstract charcoal or pencil strokes. There are three horizontal lines with a rectangular shape above, all in a smudged black medium, and small specks of red pigment scattered across the surface.

Not on view

Date
c. 1910–1977

Classification
Books

Medium
Artist's book with soot and spit on found paper

Dimensions
Book: 3 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 1/8in. (8.9 × 7.9 × 0.3 cm)

Accession number
2017.73

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee, the Director’s Discretionary Funds, and partial gift of an anonymous donor

API
artworks/50648

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

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James Castle

(Book) c. 1910–1977

Exhibitions

James Castle 44 works in the collection

(Book)
c. 1910–1977

James Castle
44 works in the collection