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Surrealist Nude Female Figure

Creator: Federico Castellon
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
This is an important work that is loaded with Surrealist iconographies. The shape of her hands is echoed in the shape of her hair. Tiny man and woman figures running on a vast empty desert landscape. A vertical pole and corresponding rectangular monolith suggest sexual intercourse. And nipples that are transformed into floral shapes etc. Yet most important, is the faceless nude figure itself. It seemingly grows out of the desert into monumental proportions. Her clothing has fallen and acts as a plinth on which the figure sits. Notice how Castellon echos the shape of the pubic area with the same shape of the V shape of the clothing.
Federico Castellón was a Spanish American Surrealist artist and member of the
National Academy
"Surrealist Figure" 1935 is a very early example of Surrealism by an American artist
even though it was done in Paris The artwork is signed, dating and inscribed Paris lower left.
Elegantly framed under glassl

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Period:	1920-1949
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Modernism
Incollect Reference #:	711960

Dimensions

W.	9.5 in;	H.	12.5 in;
W.	24.13 cm;	H.	31.75 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.