Coat [special proof]

started 1979, published 1980

Philip Guston

Associated Names
Philip Guston

Artist, American, born Canada, 1913 - 1980

Christine Fox

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Martin Klein

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image contains bold, curving lines forming a central shape resembling a bulky coat with its collar turned up. The coat appears filled with large, patterned objects, resembling potatoes or rocks. It stands against a backdrop of angular, wave-like shapes that evoke a sense of a landscape, potentially mountains or a sea.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on Arches Cover wove paper [special proof]

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 81.3 x 108 cm (32 x 42 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.5.14

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Semff 2015, no. 29 [special proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1981 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • Best Impressions: 35 Years of Prints and Sculpture from Gemini G.E.L., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2001-2002.

2009

  • In the Tower: Philip Guston, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2009-2010.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 873.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 21.13. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

2015

  • Semff, Michael. Philip Guston, Prints: Catalogue Raisonné. Munich, Germany: Sieveking Verlag, 2015, no. 29.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Coat S.P.; lower right in graphite: Philip Guston '80; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: PG79-924

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q74034929

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