The Figure Was Tall and Gaunt (from The Mask of the Red Death) by Federico Castellon

The Figure Was Tall and Gaunt (from The Mask of the Red Death) by Federico Castellon

The Figure Was Tall and Gaunt (from The Mask of the Red Death)

Federico Castellon

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Title

The Figure Was Tall and Gaunt (from The Mask of the Red Death)

 
Artist
Year
1969  
Technique
color lithograph 
Image Size
11 15/16 x 8 1/4" image 
Signature
unsigned as published 
Edition Size
471 of 500  
Annotations
pencil titled and editioned verso 
Reference
Freundlich 196 
Paper
white wove 
State
published 
Publisher
Aquarius Press, Baltimore 
Inventory ID
13942 
Price
$125.00 
Description
On being questioned on to his choice to illustrate Poe's book "The Mask of the Red Death," Castellon responded: "I picked it because a lot of my work is devoted to this kind of questioning of what the hell is it all about and to me that was typical of the philosophy that Poe seemed to project. That we try to pose whatever we want, do whatever we want, everything, and therefore the whole game... Poe depresses me enormously in the sense that his compositions are basically lonely people all the time, rarely puts two people together. He has of course very often but a great bulk of them are alone and he impresses me with the uniqueness of an individual, this kind of floating and trying to find a niche that really isn't there. You have to function within what is there, but none of them is a comfortable niche for anybody." 
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