Philip Guston

Guston sketching a mural for the WPA Federal Art Project. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 110 King Street; New York City Negative No.: 3563-G; Date: 2-15-39; Photographer: Robbins; Artist: Philip Guston; Process of sketching a Mural; Location: 531 Grand Ave, Bklyn; World's Fair. * A photograph of the completed mural for the 1939 New York World's Fair is held by the New York Public Library. A press release attached to the reverse side reads as follows: First prize for outdoor murals at the New York World’s Fair was won by Philip Guston in a voting contest carried out by the Murals Artists Guild among visitors at the exposition. The mural appears over the main entrance of the Works Progress Administration Building and is shown above. Its title is "Maintaining America's Skills." The painting is executed in rubber paint and covers 500 square feet.

Date

1939-02-15

Photographer / author

David Robbins

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

photograph

Original size

4,151 × 3,361 pixels

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