Beast

1968

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
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.)
Collection no.: 2019.101.2
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Beast — Alejandro Aróstegui. 1968.

Medium: oil and mixed media on canvas and board.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): 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.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2019.101.2. Gift of Werth V. Zuver.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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