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StatsHead and Bottle
Head and Bottle exemplifies Guston's move away from painting the hooded Klansmen in the late 1960s. He invented this lima-bean shaped Cyclops head, with no body and one giant eye, to represent the all-seeing artist. In this work, the eye scrutinizes a green bottle, studying it as if about to pick up the nearby paintbrush to render it in red paint. The year after he painted this, Guston was hospitalized with exhaustion.
Philip Guston (1913 – 1980)
Philip Guston (1913-1980) was a pivotal Canadian-American artist known for his evolution from Abstract Expressionism to raw, figurative art exploring racism, identity & political satire. A key figure in the New York School.
About this artwork
- Title: Head and Bottle
- Artist: Philip Guston
- Year: 1975
- Format: Square
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Movement: Neo Expressionism
- Color intensity: Balanced
- Perceived brightness: brilliant
