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Photo: Scott Leen
Stalemate
Photo: Scott Leen

Stalemate

Date1974
Maker Alfredo Arreguín American, born Morelia, Mexico,1935; died Seattle, Washington, 2023
Label TextBorn in Michoacán, Mexico, Alfredo Arreguín immigrated in 1956 to Seattle, where he would spend the rest of his life. A prominent member of Seattle’s countercultural and bohemian scene, Arreguín developed a distinctive painting style in the 1970s that evoked both the tropical flora and fauna of his home country and the topography of his adopted city. In Stalemate, surreal natural and geometric patterns morph within and between amorphous figures, creating an otherworldly scene that is topped with a specific marker of place: the profile of Tahoma/Mt. Rainier.
Object number2023.25.1
ProvenanceThe artist; by bequest to Seattle Art Museum, 2023
Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen
Exhibition HistoryBellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington, Alfredo Arreguín: Patterns of Dreams and Nature, March 23 - June 16, 2002. Text by Laure Flores. pp. 50, 56, reproduced, p. 53. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Poke in the Eye: Art of the West Coast Counterculture, June 21 - September 2, 2024.Published ReferencesFlores, Lauro. Alfredo Arreguín: Patterns of Dreams and Nature (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2007); pp. 50, 53, ill., 56.
Credit LineBequest of the artist
DimensionsOverall: 61 x 61 in. (154.9 154.9 cm) Canvas: 60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
MediumOil on canvas
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