An original, miniature James Castle handmade book from his second solo exhibition at the Bush Barn in Salem, Oregon in 1962. From a private collection and acquired in 1962 after the Salem exhibit traveled to The Image Gallery in Portland, OR. Interior drawings are soot and spit on found newsprint. Castle (1899-1977) was a deaf and mute self-taught artist who created drawings, handmade books and constructions in an intensive daily practice for nearly 70 years. His work has been the subject of retrospectives organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.....
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