◄ Browse

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
Price
Loading...
Composition
iron99%
cadmium0%
copper1%