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Untitled from the portfolio SELF-PORTRAIT IN SYMBOLS
1965 · Lithograph, printed in color
irreg composition 11 3/4 x 14 11/16" (29.8 x 37.3 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Federico Castellon
Spanish-American, 1914
PrintmakingExpressionismSurrealismFiguration
Representation
None documented
8
Institutional Exhibitions
20
Works in Collection
39
Assets Indexed
3
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Movements
- • Expressionism
- • Surrealism
- • Figuration
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985–1986
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American Prints: 1913�1963
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1974–1975
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American Prints of the 20th Century
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954
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Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947�1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1953
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Master Prints from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1949
About
Why this artist matters now
Federico Castellon was an American painter and printmaker whose work emerged from Surrealist and magical realist traditions in the postwar period. Working primarily in oil and etching, he created dreamlike compositions populated by elongated figures and architectural forms rendered with meticulous precision. His imagery combined European modernist influences with a distinctly American sensibility, favoring jewel-toned palettes and narrative ambiguity. Castellon remained committed to figuration and detailed draftsmanship throughout his career, resisting the dominance of abstraction that defined his contemporaries.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 25d ago
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