Untitled (Small Figure Dressed in Red)
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Artist, American, 1899 - 1977
Artwork overview
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Medium
construction of found paper, soot, and fabric
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Credit Line
Gift of James Castle Collection and Archive, and Acquisition with Bunny and William Cafritz
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Dimensions
overall size (irregular): 10.8 × 5.08 × 0.16 cm (4 1/4 × 2 × 1/16 in.)
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Accession
2013.33.8
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
by inheritance to his sister, Agnes C. Wade, 1977; by inheritance 1993 to Geraldine E. Garrow, Georgia M. Allred, Guy W. Wade Jr. and Gail M. Johnson; transferred 1996 to James Castle Collection (comprised of the heirs of Agnes C. Wade); transferred 2011 to James Castle Collection and Archive LP; acquired 2013 by NGA
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2008
October 14, 2008- January 4, 2009. James Castle: A Retrospective. Philadelphia Museum of Art.
2011
James Castle: Mostrar y almacenar. Museo Nacional de Arte, Reina Sofia.
2019
Outliers and American Vanguard Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 28 Jan 2018-13 May 2018; High Museum of Art, Atlanta 24 Jun 2018-30 Sep 2018; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 18 Nov 2018-18 Mar 2019, cat. 242.
Bibliography
2008
Percy, Ann. James Castle: A Retrospective. (Exh. Cat. Philadelphia Museum of Art) Philadelphia, 2008, p. 72, figure 167.
2011
Cooke, Lynne. James Castle Mostrar y almacenar. Madrid, Spain, 2011: p. 41 Fig. 37.
2013
Brodie, Judith. "James Castle, Drawings, Artists' Books, and Assemblages." Bulletin / National Gallery of Art, no. 48 (Spring 2013): 28-29, repro.
2018
Cooke, Lynne. Outliers and American Vanguard Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington (only); High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Los Angeles County Museum, 2018: 306, no. 242.
Wikidata ID
Q64580286