Jorge Castillo (1933) - Segunda Imagen

Artist: Jorge Castillo.

Nationality: Spanish.

Dates: Born in Pontevedra in 1933 (resident and internationally active).

Title of the work and year: Second Image, 2003.

Technique: Original etching with aquatint and polychrome stamping/printing.

Edition information: Limited edition of 100 copies. The copy visible in the image clearly corresponds to an A.P. (Artist's Proof).

Signature and numbering: Numbered A.P. in pencil in the lower left corner, just below the plate mark. Signed and dated "Castillo 2003" in pencil in the lower right corner.

Type of paper: Tinted or high‑weight etching paper with natural deckle edges, very characteristic of his high‑quality studio editions.

Provenance: Artist's Studio

Documentation: Certificate from the Art Gallery included

Condition: Excellent state of preservation. Wide and clean margins, intact paper deckles, no creases, rust stains, or color losses. Ready for framing.

Contextual Note
Second Image (2003) is a superb testament to Jorge Castillo's graphic maturity, one of the great masters of lyrical surrealism and Spanish expressionist figuration of the 20th and 21st centuries. This etching stands out for the mastery in combining aquatint textures on the central plate and the subtlety of the polychrome elements (the yellow bird, the blue upper profiles, and the dense amalgam of sienna-toned faces on the right side).

As it is an Artist's Proof, the closing of such a carefully produced international edition adds extra appeal for meticulous collectors of contemporary graphic art.