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Pizza Skull Guston

Drawing
2012 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This is part of a series of 'pizza-skull' portraits by Jon Burgerman - this one represents the American artist Philip Guston. The skull is a recurrent motif in street art imagery.

Object details

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Object type
TitlePizza Skull Guston (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Posca pen and coloured inks on watercolour paper
Brief description
Drawing, 'Pizza Skull Guston', by Jon Burgerman, New York, 2012
Physical description
Drawing of an abstracted skull smoking a cigarette with a pizza slice within its head
Dimensions
  • Height: 35cm
  • Width: 22.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
Jonburgerman '12 (Signed and dated bottom left)
Summary
This is part of a series of 'pizza-skull' portraits by Jon Burgerman - this one represents the American artist Philip Guston. The skull is a recurrent motif in street art imagery.
Collection
Accession number
E.295-2012

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Record createdMarch 29, 2012
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