Three Figures

1968

Dino Aranda

Associated Names
Dino Aranda

Artist, American, born Nicaragua, 1945

This is a painting of abstract, horizontal, vaguely human figures within a series of clear rectangular sections against a light teal background. Thin white lines give the appearance of three rectangular containers stacked atop one another, each with a human-like figure laying horizontally in it. The figures are indistinct and made up of horizontal shapes in a light tan color, with areas of dark brown on the left side of each figure that suggest dark hair. The teal background is visible through the clear containers. The brushstrokes are thick and visible, and the different areas of color blur and overlap in places.
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On View

East Building Upper Level, Gallery E407

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 Number

    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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