Artist:

James Castle, born Garden Valley, ID 1899-died Boise, ID 1977  Search this

Medium:

soot on found paper

Dimensions:

4 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (12.1 × 22.2 cm)

Type:

Drawing

Folk Art

Date:

ca. 1931-1977

Exhibition Label:

Castle began using art as a means of communicating when he was young, but artworks he made before 1931 went largely unsaved. He drew scenes from his family’s farm in Idaho and the stuff of life such as garments, furniture, and household goods. He also constructed objects—animals, people, or everyday items—from paperboard. Some of his drawings show these small paper figures standing in attendance, as if keeping the artist company.

(We Are Made of Stories: Self-Taught Artists in the Robson Family Collection, 2022)

Topic:

Landscape\road  Search this

Landscape\tree\poplar tree  Search this

Architecture Exterior\detail\fence  Search this

Architecture Exterior\domestic\house  Search this

Architecture Exterior\domestic\shed  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson

Object number:

2016.38.14

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Graphic Arts

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk729a3b31c-4076-41d1-a6d1-b39fbd6ba18f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_2016.38.14