Painting No. 4
Artist
Philip Guston
American, born Canada, 1913 – 1980
Date1952
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionscanvas: 83.8 x 68.6 cm (33 x 27 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Object number1955.1
Label TextIn the 1950s, in the middle of a critically acclaimed career, Guston turned from figurative art to
abstraction with canvases that explored the
creation of form and structure independent of
representation. Here, he used layered brushstrokes
to build up paint in varying densities. The web of
interlocking planes of color seems to amass in the
center with a concentration of red and orange
strokes, leaving the impression of something
emerging from the paint.ProvenanceAnonymous, through the Egan Gallery, New York, NY
On View
On viewCurrent Location
- Exhibition Location Gallery 4001
Christoph Unterberger
about 1776
