Federico Castellón

The Dark Figure
1938

On view
Floor 7

Date
1938

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 17 3/8 × 26 1/4in. (44.1 × 66.7 cm)

Accession number
42.3

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY

API
artworks/299

Part of a series:

Studies for The Dark Figure

3 works

Surreal painting with disjointed figures and a silhouetted person against a cloudy sky and desert backdrop.



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