Urbi et Orbi

GUSTAVO ACOSTA (b. 1958)
Urbi et Orbi
signed and dated 'Gustavo Acosta, enero 1989' (lower right), titled 'VRBI-ET-ORBI' (upper left)
acrylic on canvas
86 x 98¹⁄₄ in. (218.4 x 249.6 cm.)
Painted in 1989.

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Havana, Cuba, Castillo de la Fuerza, Los caminos de Roma, 1989.
Brazil, Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion, XX São Paulo Biennal, 14 October-10 December 1989.
Cuba, Galería Habana, Las sugestiones del límite, 1991.
Dominican Republic, Museo de Arte Moderno de Santo Domingo, Primera Bienal del Caribe, September-October 1992.
Gainesville, Florida, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, 29 May-9 September 2007; Sarasota, Florida, John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 7 October-31 December 2007; Eugene, Oregon, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, 3 October 2008-4 January 2009; Canada, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 15 October 2009-10 January 2010; Miami, Lowe Art Museum, February-4 April 2010; New York, Katonah Museum of Art, 27 June-19 September 2010, Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, p. 29 (illustrated in color).