Back of a canvas with two labels on the wooden crossbar: a white museum label with text in a red border and a smaller cream photography label.
Back of canvas showing horizontal wooden support featuring a green sticker marked “C39” and a visible metal screw fixture.
Large canvas framed by wooden crossbars, reading “Philip Guston, ‘The Road,’ 1972” handwritten in black on the upper left, with several small white labels attached.
Back of a canvas with handwritten black text on raw fabric reading “Philip Guston,” “The Road,” “1972,” and “Oil 51¼ × 118¾.”
Back of a canvas with a white label on the wooden stretcher reading “224. The Road 1972 51¼ × 118¾” handwritten in black ink.
Back of a canvas with a wooden crossbar marked with a large red “3,” beside two white patched spots on the fabric.
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Philip Guston

The Road

Maker

Philip Guston (American, 1913–1980

Title

The Road

Year

1972

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

oil paint

Supports

Dimensions

130.2 x 301.6 cm (51 1/4 x 118 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Painted in black on back: Philip Guston / "The Road"1972 / Oil 51¼ x 118¾

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Musa Guston

Object Number

1992.059.2

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

Painting Air
Spencer Finch
Feb 24, 2012 – Aug 19, 2012
Re-Viewing the Twentieth Century
Jul 21, 2006 – Apr 22, 2007
The Moderns
Twentieth-Century Art from the Permanent Collection
Aug 06, 1993 – Mar 13, 1994

Image use

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Tombstone

Philip Guston (American, 1913–1980
b. in Montreal, Canada)
The Road, 1972
Oil on canvas
130.2 x 301.6 cm (51 1/4 x 118 3/4 inches)
Gift of Musa Guston 1992.059.2

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