James Castle

(Libby's Vegetables)
c. 1910–1977

A vintage hand-drawn advertisement concept featuring three triangular cans of Libby's vegetables, with colorful illustrations of the vegetables on each can. The Libby's logo is sketched at the top in pink and red, and there are artist signatures or scribbles in the same colors at the bottom corners of the page.
A vintage hand-drawn advertisement concept featuring three triangular cans of Libby's vegetables, with colorful illustrations of the vegetables on each can. The Libby's logo is sketched at the top in pink and red, and there are artist signatures or scribbles in the same colors at the bottom corners of the page.

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Date
c. 1910–1977

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Color wash on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11in. (22.7 × 27.9 cm) Image: 8 15/16 × 11in. (22.7 × 27.9 cm)

Accession number
2017.109

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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