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Philip Guston: Works on Paper - Special Exhibition Image Gallery

Traveling March 1, 2007-August 31, 2008 to Five Venues

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Better known as an Abstract Expressionist painter, Philip Guston (1913-1980) once said, "It is the bareness of drawing that I like. The act of drawing is what locates, suggests, discovers." Philip Guston: Works on Paper is the first retrospective of his drawings in twenty years, and offers abundant proof that the artist put those words to practice; indeed, there were periods during his long career when he stopped painting altogether to concentrate on his draftsmanship.

Philip Guston: Works on Paper was organized by the KunstMuseum in Bonn, where it opened in March 2007 (on view March 1-May 20, 2007) and the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung in Munich (December 13, 2007-March 2, 2008). Additional venues included the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark (May 31-August 26, 2007) and the Albertina, Vienna, Austria (September 7-November 25, 2007). The Morgan Library and Museum (May 2-August 31, 2008) was the exhibition's only North American stop.

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© Estate of Philip Guston; used with permission Untitled, 1950© Estate of Philip Guston; used with permissionDrawing Related to Zone (Drawing No. 19), 1954© Estate of Philip Guston; used with permission Untitled, 1958© Estate of Philip Guston; used with permission Celebration, 1961
© Estate of Philip Guston; used with permissionUntitled, 1966© Estate of Philip Guston; used with permissionUntitled, 1967© Estate of Philip Guston; used with permission Untitled (Book), 1968© Estate of Philip Guston; used with permission Untitled, 1968
© Estate of Philip Guston; used with permissionFigure in Interior, 1970© Estate of Philip Guston; used with permissionWeb, 1975© Estate of Philip Guston; used with permissionUntitled, 1980© Estate of Philip Guston; used with permissionUntitled (Cherries), 1980
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