Worn yellow fruit crate label with red vertical Kingwood text and packed-by printing.

James Castle

(Kingwood)

c. 1910–1977

Not on view

44 works in the collection
2 exhibitions

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Classification
Books

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

Dimensions
Book: 3 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 1/8 in. (8.9 × 7.9 × 0.3 cm)

Accession number
2017.100

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/55324

Exhibitions

Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900–1960

Apr 28, 2017–June 2, 2019

Installation photography

Installation view of Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900–1960 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 28, 2017– June 2, 2019). From left to right, top to bottom: James Castle, (Kingwood), c. 1910–1977; James Castle, PEAS, c. 1910–1977; James Castle, (South), c. 1910–1977; James Castle, (DelMonte Peas), c. 1910–1977; James Castle, (book), c. 1910–1977. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

From the exhibition Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900–1960