The Golden Apples

1948

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching and aquatint in green ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 14 15/16 × 12 1/2 in. (37.9 × 31.8 cm) Plate: 9 1/4 × 5 5/16 in. (23.5 × 13.5 cm)
Collection no.: 68.644.59
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Golden Apples — Federico Castellón. 1948.

Medium: Etching and aquatint in green ink. Dimensions: Sheet: 14 15/16 × 12 1/2 in. (37.9 × 31.8 cm) Plate: 9 1/4 × 5 5/16 in. (23.5 × 13.5 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Emil Arnold, 1968.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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