By the Arks
Lithograph, 1941, Freundlich 10d, AAA 426; edition 250. 9 x 12 in. Signed on the stone, lower right. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression printed on RIVES watermarked paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (The remnants of the two original AAA hinges are at the top corners, recto.) Castellon refers back to his childhood and time in Spain in this lithograph. Spanish boatbuilders with docked boats they are repairing take refuge from the sun under the hanging fishnets. One fisherman extends his hand to a woman, a vendor who carries a basket on her hip, as the other fisherman watches.
$650

Self Portrait with H
Etching, 1942, Freundlich 26, edition 50. 7 7/8 x 6 in. Signed in the plate, lower left. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression printed on a sturdy wove paper. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. Castellon was born in Spain and his family moved to Brooklyn in 1921. He was actively exhibiting in the early 1930s and had his first one man show at the Weyhe Gallery in 1934. His wife, Hulda, is shown standing behind the artist.
$750