James CastleVereinigte Staaten, 1899–1977Untitled (Free!)
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Castle’s fascination with text and commercial advertising included a fondness for isolating single words within a composition. Here, he highlights a common marketing refrain—Free!—an enticement that Castle likely chose for both formal and conceptual reasons. With the word centered on the sheet, Castle adds an unusual compositional structure, a fractured, Cubist-like pictorial space that mimics the effect of a kaleidoscope, an optical instrument that alters visual images into abstract geometric arrangements of colored elements. Castle was intrigued by the kaleidoscope from childhood, and, according to family members, possessed several.
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- 2014.141.4
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![Untitled (SHORT RIBS) [recto], James Castle, n.d.](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/d527843c-fb7f-46ef-909d-bd8ee60f304c/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Untitled (Patterned Figure) [recto], James Castle, n.d.](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/2e1f9484-ba44-4532-81a4-1ddb2ad8eeeb/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
