Beast, 1968

East Building, Upper Level - Gallery 407A

Medium

oil and mixed media on canvas and board

Dimensions

overall: 123.19 × 93.98 cm (48 1/2 × 37 in.)

framed: 122.56 × 94.62 × 4.45 cm (48 1/4 × 37 1/4 × 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Werth V. Zuver

Accession Number

2019.101.2

Artists / Makers

Alejandro Aróstegui (painter) Nicaraguan, born 1935

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Inscription

top center reverse: BESTIA / A Arostegui / NYC 1968

Provenance

The artist; purchased 1968 by Werth V. Zuver, Washington, D.C.;[1] gift 2019 to NGA.

[1] Zuver made partial payments to the artist for the painting beginning in 1968 and had paid for it in full by 1972; see Zuver's 2019 statement and supporting documentation in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Zuver, Werth V.

Exhibition History

1970: [Alejandro Arostegui exhibition], Fondo del Sol, Washington, D.C., 1970.