James Castle

Recto:

(Columnar Forms in Landscape)

Verso:

(Landscape)

c. 1910–1977

A charcoal landscape showing a row of thin trees between two hills above dark water.
A charcoal landscape showing a row of thin trees between two hills above dark water.

James Castle, (Columnar Forms in Landscape), c. 1910–1977. Soot and spit on found paper, sheet: 5 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (13.3 × 18.4 cm) Image: 5 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (13.3 × 18.4 cm). 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 2017.97a-b. © James Castle Collection and Archive LP. All rights reserved

Recto

Not on view

Date
c. 1910–1977

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Soot and spit on found paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 5 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (13.3 × 18.4 cm) Image: 5 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (13.3 × 18.4 cm)

Accession number
2017.97a-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. All rights reserved

API
artworks/55321




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