And the Red Death held Illimitable Dominion Over All from Mask of the Red Death

Print

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

And the Red Death held Illimitable Dominion Over All from Mask of the Red Death

Entry/Object ID

1974.34

Description

Color lithograph on Rives BFK paper

Type of Print

Lithograph

Artwork Details

Medium

ink, Paper

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Federico Castellon

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Aquarius Press

Date made

1969

Edition

Illustrations for Edgar Allan Poe's Mask of the Red Death:

Edition Size

500 with Roman edition of 25 and 10 copies numbered A-J

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Lithograph

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Planographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

12 in

Width

8-1/8 in

Exhibition

Pao Student Windows (2023)

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

""" And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall."" -Edgar Allan Poe, The Mask of the Red Death Castellon began dabbling in art at an early age after his family moved from Spain to New York City in 1921. In 1933, 18 year old Castellon was introduced to Diego Riviera and credits the famous Mexican artist for his early success as an artist. A painter first, Castellon made his first lithographs in 1937. Stongly influenced by Salvador Dali, Frederico’s surrealist, mysterious images, with their characteristic elongated figures, hover between dreams and nightmares. "