Untitled (Farm House with Yard)n.d.Sheet: 4 3/8 x 8 1/2 " (11.1 x 21.6 cm)
Frame: 16 3/4 x 19 1/4 " (42.5 x 48.9 cm)Soot and saliva on cardboardGift of Susan Maria Bloom2021.7.10This drawing made of soot and saliva presents a typical theme in James Castle’s repertoire which showcases seemingly ordinary subjects—a rural landscape halfway segmented by a partial view of a farm house as white as the sky above. This accurately rendered architecture and its surroundings likely evokes the artist’s visual environment, of which he produced many variations from various viewpoints over time. The size and sturdiness of the cardboard on which it is executed suggest that it is an unfolded box of matches (which he regularly used), and the darkness recalls the atmospheric power of Victor Hugo’s watercolors. Interestingly, the subject depicted shows similarity to another one in AFAM’s Blanchard-Hill Collection (1998.10.15). It might be the same building, covered with white wood boards and surrounded with trees and fence. The paper support used in this latter example generates a very different ambience and sensibility1572927976James CastleDrawings© James Castle Collection and Archive LPBoiseBoiseUnited StatesIdahoWorks on PaperAmerican Folk Art MuseumBoiseObject information is a work in progress and
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