Artworks · James Castle

Untitled

1950 · Soot and saliva, applied with sharpened stick and smudging, on found paper

11 × 21.4 cm (4 3/8 × 8 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Philip Morris Book)

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)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Sun Valley Lodge Peas Book)

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)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1935 · Crayon on cardboard sewn with string

26 1/2 x 20" (67.3 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1935 · Soot, spit, paper, and string on cardboard

8 3/8 x 10 5/8" (21.3 x 27 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1935 · Soot and spit on notebook paper

7 7/8 x 10 7/8" (20 x 27.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Chair Construction)

1930 · Corrugated cardboard, soot, spit, ribbon, and string

31 3/4 x 16" (80.6 x 41 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Coat Construction)

1925 · Paper, soot, spit, and string

11 1/8 x 6 1/2" (28.3 x 41 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1920 · Black and purple crayon over brush and black ink with touches of green ink and opaque white watercolor on a blue-green paper board (discolored to gray-green) with screenprinting, attached with pink ribbon to a brown paper board

29.4 × 17.7 cm (11 5/8 × 7 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled “Window Large Construction”

1920 · Soot mixed with saliva, string, and ribbon on brown and cream found paperboard, pieced

38.7 × 25.4 cm (15 1/4 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1920 · Double-sided drawing of soot and saliva, applied with sharpened stick and smudging, on found card, creased (unfolded box)

13.4 × 18.4 cm (5 5/16 × 7 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1920 · Double-sided drawing of soot and saliva, applied with sharpened stick and smudging, on found card

13.9 × 20.2 cm (5 1/2 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Blonde figure no. 4)

1920 · Soot and saliva, applied with sharpened stick and smudging, with crayon and blue ink, on found paper, folded and wrapped around card

9.9 × 4.8 cm (3 15/16 × 1 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1920 · Soot and saliva, applied with sharpened stick, on found card prepared with colored paper pulp (pulp painting)

12.5 × 17.3 cm (4 15/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Blonde figure no. 2)

1920 · Soot and saliva, applied with sharpened stick and smudging, with crayon and blue ink, on found paper, folded and wrapped around card

11.4 × 5.5 cm (4 1/2 × 2 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Blonde figure no. 3)

1920 · Soot and saliva, applied with sharpened stick and smudging, with crayon and blue ink, on found paper, folded and wrapped around card

10.8 × 5 cm (4 5/16 × 2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (recto and verso)

1920 · Soot and saliva, applied with sharpened stick and smudging (recto and verso) on ivory card

20.3 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Geese)

1920 · Soot and saliva, applied with sharpened stick and smudging, on found moiré paper

11.6 × 13.9 cm (4 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Book)

1920 · Soot and saliva, applied with sharpened stick, on commercially-printed found paper, bound with shoelaces into book

21 × 17.8 cm (8 5/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Blonde figure no. 1)

1920 · Soot and saliva, applied with sharpened stick and smudging, with crayon and blue ink, on found paper, folded and wrapped around card

13.8 × 6.8 cm (5 7/16 × 2 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Barn Interior with Fantasy World)

Paper, soot, spit, and string

16 x 18 1/2" (41 x 47 cm)

Museum of Modern Art