Rug
1976
Painter, American, born Canada, 1913 - 1980

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 203.2 x 280.7 cm (80 x 110 1/2 in.)
framed: 207 x 284.5 x 4.6 cm (81 1/2 x 112 x 1 13/16 in.) -
Accession
2005.142.19
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Copyright
© The Estate of Philip Guston
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(David McKee Gallery, New York); purchased October 1978 by Edward R. Broida [1933-2006], Los Angeles; gift (partial and promised) 2005 to NGA; gift completed 2006.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1980
Philip Guston, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Denver Art Museum; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1980-1981, no. 68, pl. 62.
2006
Selections from the Collection of Edward R. Broida, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006, unnumbered brochure.
2009
In the Tower: Philip Guston, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2009-2010, no cat.
Inscriptions
lower left: Philip Guston
Wikidata ID
Q20197710