James Castle

(Shed with Milk Separator)
c. 1910–1977

A charcoal sketch on paper depicting a rough impression of a building facade with a central door flanked by two windows, surrounded by dark, sketchy foliage and set against a network of intersecting lines suggesting architectural details or possibly scaffolding. The image has an aged, sepia-toned appearance with smudges and marks consistent with the medium.

Not on view

Date
c. 1910–1977

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Soot and spit on found paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 3 1/4 × 5 3/4in. (8.3 × 14.6 cm) Image: 3 1/4 × 5 3/4in. (8.3 × 14.6 cm)

Accession number
2017.84a-b

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/50666

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

(Shed with Milk Separator) c. 1910–1977

Exhibitions

James Castle 44 works in the collection

(Shed with Milk Separator)
c. 1910–1977

James Castle
44 works in the collection