Untitled
1963
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lithograph in black on Nacre paper
Dimensions
sheet: 64.14 x 84.77 cm (25 1/4 x 33 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1964.8.2188
Art Historical Context
This untitled lithograph by Philip Guston from 1963 captures a moment of quiet intensity in the career of one of America’s most restless and influential painters. A central figure in the New York School and Abstract Expressionism, Guston had already moved from socially engaged murals and early figurative work into richly layered, gestural abstractions. By the early 1960s his forms were growing more concentrated and object-like, hinting at the dramatic return to imagery that would soon follow. Printed in black on Nacre paper, the sheet measures just over 25 by 33 inches—large enough to convey t...
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...