Review
Philip Guston
1948-1949
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oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 100.3 x 149.9 cm (39 1/2 x 59 in.) framed: 103.2 x 152.1 cm (40 5/8 x 59 7/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Musa Guston
Accession Number
1992.86.2
About the Artist
Philip Guston
Philip Guston (1913–1980) was a Canadian-born American painter whose career traced a remarkable arc from Social Realism through Abstract Expressionism to a radically personal form of figurative painting that has profoundly influenced contemporary art. Born Phillip Goldstein in Montreal, he grew up in Los Angeles, where he befriended Jackson Pollock at Manual Arts High School and was largely self-t...