James Castle

(Landscape with Culmnar Forms)
c. 1910–1977

A faded and aged drawing depicting a simplistic cityscape with a green foreground that suggests a grassy area, a light blue sky, and a series of black and grey buildings of varying heights. The artwork has a rough texture and the edges of the paper are irregular, indicating wear or an intentional artistic choice.

Not on view

Date
c. 1910–1977

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Soot and spit and color wash on found paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 4 7/16 × 8 1/8in. (11.3 × 20.6 cm) Image: 4 7/16 × 8 1/8in. (11.3 × 20.6 cm)

Accession number
2017.78

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/50653

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

(Landscape with Culmnar Forms) c. 1910–1977

Exhibitions

James Castle 44 works in the collection

(Landscape with Culmnar Forms)
c. 1910–1977

James Castle
44 works in the collection