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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> UNTITLED THE ART OF JAMES CASTLE celebrates one of the most enigmatic American artists of the twentieth century and a major acquisition of his artworks by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. For nearly seven decades Castle gath- ered materials around his rural Idaho home such as packaging advertisements string and soot and created an elaborate and unmistakable representation of his world. Obscured vistas intricate interiors remote farmscapes stylized figures and arcane charts of letters and symbols all simultaneously invite and thwart access or understanding. Even as one wrestles with inter- preting these works-all untitled and undated- their very inscrutability evokes a sense of wonder and discovery. In this volume exhibition curator Nicholas R. Bell explores James Castle’s landscapes and interiors in an effort to grasp the artist’s experience of such fundamental elements as space time and memory. Leslie Umberger charts Castle’s complex reception in the art world as gallerists curators. and collectors have struggled to balance an appre ciation of his work with the complex circum- stances of his life. (SP)