Beast

1968

Alejandro Aróstegui

Painter, Nicaraguan, born 1935

Alejandro Aróstegui

Attributed to

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On View

East Building Upper Level, Gallery 407-A

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil and mixed media on canvas and board

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Werth V. Zuver

  • 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.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.101.2

Artwork history & notes

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

Exhibition History

1970

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

Inscriptions

top center reverse: BESTIA / A Arostegui / NYC 1968

Wikidata ID

Q108686919

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