James Castle

(Three Figures)
c. 1910–1977

A sketch on a beige paper featuring a series of arches resembling a Gothic architectural style below a row of rectangles that may represent windows or battlements, all enclosed within a double-lined border. The drawing is executed with dark, rough lines, suggesting an early conceptual stage or a study.

Not on view

Date
c. 1910–1977

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Soot and spit on found paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm) Image: 8 1/2 × 11in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Accession number
2017.98a-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/55322

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

(Three Figures) c. 1910–1977

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James Castle 44 works in the collection

(Three Figures)
c. 1910–1977

James Castle
44 works in the collection