In the Studio

Philip Guston · 1975

This is In the Studio — a painting by Philip Guston, nineteen seventy-five. Guston was part of the abstract expressionism movement. Oil on canvas — pigment ground into a slow-drying oil, which is what lets a painter go back into wet paint for days.

Medium Oil on canvas · Dimensions 6' 10" x 6' 7" (208.3 x 200.7 cm) · Credit Gift of UBS

Hanging beside it in The Robert B. Menschel Galleries: Sun Ra Rehearsing in FESTAC Village

More by Philip Guston here: Edge of Town, Gladiators