Three Figures

1968

Dino Aranda

Artist, American, born Nicaragua, 1945

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On View

NGA, East Building, EU-407-A, E


Artwork overview

  • Medium

    acrylic on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Werth V. Zuver

  • Dimensions

    overall: 88.9 × 139.7 cm (35 × 55 in.)
    framed: 92.71 × 144.78 × 3.81 cm (36 1/2 × 57 × 1 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2019.101.1

More About this Artwork

A woman is shown from behind in a white dress with a black sweater hanging over her shoulders. She stands looking towards two abstract paintings hanging on a white wall. A two piece vibrant yellow painting hangs to the left. On the right is a painting with two triangles of kelly green one of which is inverted so they meet in the middle of the canvas. The remaining left and right of the canvas is a solid white.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; purchased 1972 by Werth V. Zuver, Washington, D.C.; gift 2019 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1973

  • Ernesto Cardenal, Dino Aranda: Nicaragua, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, 1973, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1977

  • Raíces y Visiones / Roots and Visions, Fondo del Sol and National Collection of Fine Arts (now Smithsonian American Art Museum), Washington, D.C., followed by a tour in the U.S. and Mexico City, 1977-1981 (painting shown at Fondo del Sol in Washington).

1988

  • Return to Managua [Dino Aranda retrospective], Fondo del Sol, Washington, D.C., 1988.

Inscriptions

lower left: Dino Aranda 68;[1] upper right reverse: "TRES FIGURAS" / DINO ARANDA 68 / ACRYLIC ON CANVAS

Wikidata ID

Q108686932


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