James Castle

(House and Shed)
c. 1910–1977

A hand-drawn sketch of a rustic wooden building with a prominent front and a smaller structure attached to the back, set against a textured blue sky. The artwork is rendered on paper with rough, uneven edges, and the colors appear muted with an emphasis on earth tones.

Not on view

Date
c. 1910–1977

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Soot and spit and color wash on found board

Dimensions
Sheet: 5 × 6 3/4in. (12.7 × 17.1 cm) Image: 5 × 6 3/4in. (12.7 × 17.1 cm)

Accession number
2017.87

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/50669

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

(House and Shed) c. 1910–1977

Exhibitions

James Castle 44 works in the collection

(House and Shed)
c. 1910–1977

James Castle
44 works in the collection