{"product_id":"poor-richard-by-philip-guston-paperback","title":"Poor Richard by Philip Guston - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip Guston\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eHarry Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhilip Guston's legendary, prescient political satire of Richard Nixon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1971--two years before the Watergate hearings--Richard Nixon was an incumbent whose grip on power was being tested by the Pentagon Papers. Inspired in part by the work of his friend Philip Roth, who had just finished the novel \u003ci\u003eOur Gang\u003c\/i\u003e, Philip Guston began drawing the object of his political anger and despair--Richard Nixon, transformed into the character \"Poor Richard,\" rendered with a distinctively phallic nose and scrotal jowls, and accompanied by henchmen Spiro Agnew, John Mitchell, and Henry Kissinger. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGuston carefully sequenced the drawings in 1971 and planned to publish them as a book, even designing an original title page. But he held back, and the images were never released during his lifetime; only in 2001 were they first exhibited, accompanied by a publication of the series from the University of Chicago Press by Debra Bricker Balken. Today, as we face yet another moment of presidential crisis and global turmoil, \u003ci\u003ePoor Richard\u003c\/i\u003e is more relevant than ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoor Richard by Philip Guston\u003c\/i\u003e brings Guston's series back into print. Following Guston's own sequencing, layout and original title page from 1971, \u003ci\u003ePoor Richard by Philip Guston\u003c\/i\u003e presents this shockingly fresh, delightfully profane series, with beautiful new reproductions. The publication marks the promised gift of these 73 drawings by The Guston Foundation to the National Gallery of Art, where they will be preserved and studied as a monument of contemporary satirical art and virtuoso drawing.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.6 x 7.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53755481030989,"sku":"9781942884576","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/S1E1Sk5IOWV1T2VkbHlMRkZkZ2FvZz09.webp?v=1776719044","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/poor-richard-by-philip-guston-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}