Last Piece
Philip Guston
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Date:1958 -
Style:Abstract Expressionism -
Genre:abstract -
Media:gouache, board
Last Piece
Philip Guston
Last Piece is not Guston's last Abstract Expressionist painting, but it represents a transition away from the shimmering forms of the early 1950s towards the recognizable motifs of his later, more figurative works. If Buddhism, and concepts of nothingness, had informed his earlier abstractions, this represents a move away from those inspirations.
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