Untitled
In 1951, Guston forced himself to paint an entire picture without once stepping back to view the work as a whole. He saw this as a breakthrough to a new, calligraphic style. This drawing closely follows the composition of that painting, White Painting I (1951; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art), and thus was probably made soon afterwards.
Artwork Details
- Title: Untitled
- Artist: Philip Guston (American (born Canada), Montreal 1913–1980 Woodstock, New York)
- Date: ca. 1950–51
- Medium: Brush and black ink on paper
- Dimensions: 18 in. × 23 1/8 in. (45.7 × 58.7 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, 2006
- Object Number: 2006.32.24
- Rights and Reproduction: © Estate of Philip Guston
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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