Federico Castellón

Conversation in the Dark
c. 1948

An etching depicting a seated person with their face in their hands, elbows resting on a table next to a lamp. A ghostly figure appears to be floating in the upper right corner, looking down at the seated person. The artwork is signed by the artist at the bottom right.
An etching depicting a seated person with their face in their hands, elbows resting on a table next to a lamp. A ghostly figure appears to be floating in the upper right corner, looking down at the seated person. The artwork is signed by the artist at the bottom right.

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Date
c. 1948

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 10 1/2 × 7 15/16in. (26.7 × 20.2 cm) Plate: 8 × 5 7/8in. (20.3 × 14.9 cm)

Accession number
79.66.42

Edition
AP 2/2 | Ed. 40

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Weiss

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

API
artworks/3706

Federico Castellón
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