James Castle: Memory Palace

by John Beardsley

A fascinating new look at an extraordinary artist whose deafness led to an acute visual awareness and near photographic memory

Self-taught artist James Castle (1899-1977) is primarily known for soot and saliva drawings of meticulously rendered domestic interiors and farm scenes, along with fantastical figures, animals, and architectural constructions made of cardboard and stitched paper. Castle was born into a family of homesteaders...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300253494
• ISBN13: 9780300253498
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 3.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 9.6" x 11.3"