Gladiators

Philip Guston · 1940

This one's called Gladiators — a painting by the American artist Philip Guston, nineteen forty. Guston was part of the abstract expressionism movement. It's oil and pencil on canvas, about 62 by 71 centimeters. You can pick out the war.

Medium Oil and pencil on canvas · Dimensions 24 1/2 x 28 1/8" (62.2 x 71.4 cm) · Credit Gift of Edward R. Broida

Hanging beside it in Gallery 521: Tongues (Holy Rollers), Man Reading

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Landscape with Steer, Homestead, Untitled (Western Scene), Aerial Incendiary Bombs, Drawing of Scene 12: The Dream: The Belies, The Great Bear, Phoebus, The Twin Stars, Saturn of the 1902 film A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la lune), Building the Palace Of Cortez

More by Philip Guston here: In the Studio, Edge of Town