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Federico Castellón (1914–1971)

Bowling Night

APG 21079D.002

c. 1940–42

FEDERICO CASTELLÓN (1914–1971), "Bowling Night," c. 1940–42. Oil on board, 19 x 24 in.

FEDERICO CASTELLÓN (1914–1971)
Bowling Night, about 1940–42
Oil on board, 19 x 24 in. 
Signed (at lower right center): CASTELLÓN

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FEDERICO CASTELLÓN (1914–1971), "Bowling Night," c. 1940–42. Oil on board, 19 x 24 in. Showing black Modernist-style frame.

FEDERICO CASTELLÓN (1914–1971)
Bowling Night, about 1940–42
Oil on board, 19 x 24 in. 
Signed (at lower right center): CASTELLÓN

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FEDERICO CASTELLÓN (1914–1971), "Bowling Night," c. 1940–42. Oil on board, 19 x 24 in. FEDERICO CASTELLÓN (1914–1971), "Bowling Night," c. 1940–42. Oil on board, 19 x 24 in. Showing black Modernist-style frame.

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FEDERICO CASTELLÓN (1914–1971)
Bowling Night, about 1940–42
Oil on board, 19 x 24 in. 
Signed (at lower right center): CASTELLÓN

EX COLL.: sale, Swann Galleries, New York, May 17, 2001, lot 33; to private collection, until the present

Bowling Night is an atypical work by Castellón. It is a rare work in oil and a genre scene, presumably from early in his career. Castellón‘s skill as a figure painter is remarkable for an artist with no formal art instruction. The work summons the camaraderie of a night in the bowling alley, a respite and refuge for the working-class men portrayed here, intent on their bowling game. Though the picture is undated, the style of the figures recalls the faces in a 1941 Castellón lithograph, Memories, in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

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