{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"3400"},"altNumsArchivespace":{"label":"ArchiveSpace","value":["2005.17.1a","2005.17.1","2005.17.1A"]},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"© James Castle Collection and Archive LP"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Dorothy Trapper Goldman"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1977"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"2005    17    1a    b"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"2005.17.1a,b"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Possibly colored pencil on cardboard"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"a: Color of unknown origin and soot on found paperb: Colored pencil on cardboard(double-sided)"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":"Boise Basin"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/3373/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"3373"},{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/3374/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"3374"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Untitled (Jacket) / Untitled (Girl at Easel)"},"geographyCity":{"value":"Boise Basin"},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["work on paper","The first American school to teach deaf students a codified language of signing was established in Connecticut in 1817. Before then, personal methods of communication were devised by families for use in their immediate circles. Although he was born in rural Idaho at the turn of the twentieth century, the deaf artist James Castle did not speak, sign, read, or write; he communicated with his family through his own system of hand gestures. That he was highly aware of his surroundings is evidenced by the many captivating drawings of landscapes, room interiors, and figures that he saw around him every day.Castle had plentiful materials available, as his parents\u2019 home served as the community\u2019s post office and general store, but he preferred making his own supplies using matter from his environment that connected him directly to his artmaking. He used recycled paper and envelopes, made his own implements from sharpened sticks, devised pigment from stove soot mixed with saliva and colored tissue paper ground to a pulp, and made a flour paste for his collages. Through these raw materials, Castle documented his world, silent but closely observed.Stacy C. Hollander, \"Untitled (Jacket),\" exhibition label for Jubilation|Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2012.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","Drawing"]},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":["Works on Paper","eMuseum - Collection Highlights"]},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":"Boise Basin"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"154557"},"geographyState":{"value":"Idaho"},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"564","content":"James Castle"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Drawings"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["work on paper","The first American school to teach deaf students a codified language of signing was established in Connecticut in 1817. Before then, personal methods of communication were devised by families for use in their immediate circles. Although he was born in rural Idaho at the turn of the twentieth century, the deaf artist James Castle did not speak, sign, read, or write; he communicated with his family through his own system of hand gestures. That he was highly aware of his surroundings is evidenced by the many captivating drawings of landscapes, room interiors, and figures that he saw around him every day.Castle had plentiful materials available, as his parents\u2019 home served as the community\u2019s post office and general store, but he preferred making his own supplies using matter from his environment that connected him directly to his artmaking. He used recycled paper and envelopes, made his own implements from sharpened sticks, devised pigment from stove soot mixed with saliva and colored tissue paper ground to a pulp, and made a flour paste for his collages. Through these raw materials, Castle documented his world, silent but closely observed.Stacy C. Hollander, \"Untitled (Jacket),\" exhibition label for Jubilation|Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2012.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","Drawing"]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1931"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1931\u20131977"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":[{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - Wednesday, April 23, 2014","exhibitionEndISODate":"2014-04-23","exhibitionID":"172","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2014-01-21","exhibitionBeginDate":"2014","exhibitionTitle":"Folk Couture: Fashion and Folk Art","exhibitionEndDate":"2014"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Friday, March 17, 2023 - Sunday, October 29, 2023","exhibitionEndISODate":"2023-10-29","exhibitionID":"249","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2023-03-17","exhibitionBeginDate":"2023","exhibitionTitle":"Material Witness","exhibitionEndDate":"2023"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - Sunday, September 2, 2012","exhibitionEndISODate":"2012-09-02","exhibitionID":"149","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2012-01-17","exhibitionBeginDate":"2012","exhibitionTitle":"JUBILATION an act of rejoicing | RUMINATION an act of contemplation","exhibitionEndDate":"2012"}]},"altNums":{"label":"Alternative Numbers","value":["2005.17.1a","2005.17.1","2005.17.1A"]},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Sheet: 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 \" (17.1 x 12.1 cm)"}}]}