Pile Up [special proof]

1979 - 1981

Philip Guston

Associated Names
Philip Guston

Artist, American, born Canada, 1913 - 1980

Christine Fox

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Richard Garst

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image features intertwined, rounded shapes and lines resembling a tangle of pipes or tubes with a textured surface. Various circular patterns and openings are scattered throughout, some resembling eyes or sockets. The overlapping forms create a dense, three-dimensional appearance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on J. Barcham Green Crisbrook wove paper [special proof]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 50.3 x 75.6 cm (19 13/16 x 29 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1988.74.48

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Semff 2015, no. 38 [special proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1988 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1065.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 21.22. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

2015

  • Semff, Michael. Philip Guston, Prints: Catalogue Raisonné. Munich, Germany: Sieveking Verlag, 2015, no. 38.

Inscriptions

lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: S.P. I; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: PG79-933

Markings

embossed lower right: Philip / Guston [estate stamp]; embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: © Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles

Wikidata ID

Q74880987

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