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Sleeper I

1958
(American, 1913–1980)
Framed: 170 x 195 x 4.5 cm (66 15/16 x 76 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.); Unframed: 168.2 x 193 cm (66 1/4 x 76 in.)
© The Estate of Philip Guston
Location: not on view
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The artist was born in Montreal, Canada, to Jewish immigrants from Odessa, in present-day Ukraine.

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Philip Guston’s working method at the time he created Sleeper I entailed a progression from relying on accidental effects to being more deliberate; in his words, “The air of arbitrary vanishes and the paint falls into positions that feel destined.”
Sleeper I

Sleeper I

1958

Philip Guston

(American, 1913–1980)
America

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