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Scroll

1978

Philip Guston

(American, 1913–1980)
Culture
America
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Framed: 203.4 x 244 x 2.5 cm (80 1/16 x 96 1/16 x 1 in.); Unframed: 203.4 x 244 cm (80 1/16 x 96 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Musa Guston 1992.212
Copyright
© The Estate of Philip Guston
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
229B Contemporary
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The artist applied oil paint thinly on the upper portion of the work, resulting in a matte appearance, while the glossy area in the middle suggests a thick, wet-on-wet painting technique.

Description

During the last, most productive decade of Philip Guston’s career, his imagery included ordinary objects such as bottles, books, light bulbs, and shoes—emblematic of art historical, social, and personal experiences. Here a scroll, often associated with the Torah, the book of Jewish law, alludes to Guston’s religious heritage. Isolated against a dark, somber background of turbulent brushstrokes, the scroll has been unrolled to reveal thick hatchings that suggest a text.
Oil panting of an open scroll with frenetic black brushstrokes creating a dark background with red and white touches. In the bottom half of the painting, an overlaid white and red line suggest a curving ground on which rests the white outline of the scroll. Partially unrolled, white dashes suggest text on the scroll.

Scroll

1978

Philip Guston

(American, 1913–1980)
America

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