James Castle

(Blue Book)
c. 1910–1977

A worn, light blue piece of paper with rough edges and a yellow string attached to the left side. The paper features childlike green crayon scribbles that resemble wavy lines and a rough rectangle. In the bottom left corner, there are two black printed letters "ho."
A worn, light blue piece of paper with rough edges and a yellow string attached to the left side. The paper features childlike green crayon scribbles that resemble wavy lines and a rough rectangle. In the bottom left corner, there are two black printed letters "ho."

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Date
c. 1910–1977

Classification
Books

Medium
Artist's book with soot and spit and wax crayon on found paper

Dimensions
Book: 4 1/2 × 3 × 1/8in. (11.4 × 7.6 × 0.3 cm)

Accession number
2017.99

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

Rights and reproductions
© James Castle Collection and Archive LP. All rights reserved

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James Castle
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