Artist Monograph

James Castle, American

American, 1899 – 1977

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	7	77.8%
Drawing	2	22.2%

Production by Decade

1

0s

1

1920s

5

1930s

2

1940s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	5	55.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	44.4%

Range: 8.6 cm → 80.6 cm (largest side)

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 9 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled (Barn Interior with Fantasy World) Drawing Acc. 10.1999	n.d.	Paper, soot, spit, and string	16 x 18 1/2" (41 x 47 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Family of James Castle
Untitled (Coat Construction) Drawing Acc. 9.1999	c. 1925	Paper, soot, spit, and string	11 1/8 x 6 1/2" (28.3 x 41 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Family of James Castle
Untitled (Chair Construction) Drawing Acc. 8.1999	c. 1930	Corrugated cardboard, soot, spit, ribbon, and string	31 3/4 x 16" (80.6 x 41 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Family of James Castle
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1404.2005.a-b	c. 1935	a: Soot and spit on cardboard b: Soot and spit on cardboard	8 5/8 x 12 3/4" (21.9 x 32.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1405.2005	c. 1935	Crayon on cardboard sewn with string	26 1/2 x 20" (67.3 x 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1406.2005	c. 1935	Soot and spit on notebook paper	7 7/8 x 10 7/8" (20 x 27.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1407.2005	c. 1935	Soot, spit, paper, and string on cardboard	8 3/8 x 10 5/8" (21.3 x 27 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Untitled (Sun Valley Lodge Peas Book) Illustrated Book Acc. 11.1999	c. 1940	Book of ten drawings in soot and spit on found paper; bound with string in found printed cardboard cover	3 3/8 x 3 1/8" (8.6 x 7.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Family of James Castle
Untitled (Philip Morris Book) Illustrated Book Acc. 12.1999	c. 1945	Book of sixteen drawings (including covers) in soot and spit on found paper; bound with string	3 3/8 x 3 1/4" (8.6 x 7.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Family of James Castle