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The Gordian Knot

1936

Federico Castellón

Associated Names

Federico Castellón

Artist, American, born Spain, 1914 - 1971

American Artists Group

Publisher

The image displays interconnected and flowing shapes and lines forming abstract human-like figures in a surreal landscape. The elongated figures appear to be in dynamic movement, with two standing figures on stumps or columns. Swirling abstract forms above them suggest motion. Additional human forms on the right seem to be in motion, with textured ground below resembling jagged stones.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number

2008.115.5249
Catalogue Raisonné

Freundlich 1978, no. 1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

Bibliography

1978

Freundlich, August L. Federico Castellon: His Graphic Works, 1936-1971. New York: Syracuse University, 1978, pp. 33, 123, no. 1.

Wikidata ID

Q76555376

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