Untitled (Cheer)
Artist: James Castle
matchbox-style cardboard box made from a Cheer detergent box with printing primarily in blues and yellow; pink string holds side of cover closed and holds ends of box closed; box contains various ephemera--including matchbook covers, small bits of newspaper with images, portions of cardboard and paper consumer product packaging--and mainly figurative drawings--some on rough paper, some on bits of packaging/cardboard
- Date
- after 1930
- In our collection
- since December the 14th, 2008 up to now
- Dimensions
- 1 1/2 × 4 11/16 × 2 3/4 in. (3.81 × 11.91 × 6.99 cm) (box, closed)
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Handmade box containing bundle of twenty-five color and monochromatic drawings (six double-sided) and various commercially printed ephemera (matchbook covers, food product labels/packaging, and comic strips); drawing media includes color of unknown origin, soot, and soot wash on various found paper and commercially printed cardboard supports; box sleeve and tray fashioned from thin gray found cardboard faced with cream paper (commercially printed Cheer laundry detergent packaging); cut, folded, and wrapped; sewn and tied with thick white (pink-toned) cotton string
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- Composition
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iron 99% cadmium 0% copper 1%