"There is in Guston's later work, from 1970 on, something both brutal and delicate. All those pinks and greys he used, although painted thickly, are a counterpoint to what seems to be rough, cartoonish drawing. His is an unmistakable painterly voice, and one that can't be emulated. The colour range is as reduced as ever - cadmium reds and oranges, Mars black, hard titanium white, a frightening green, but the reduction doesn't limit him. It is often said that his later work owes a lot to comics, to George Herriman's Krazy Kat cartoons and the underground work of Robert Crumb - who, it turns out, ended up aping Guston, in a sort of homage." from here (presumably they are referring to weirdo #7 1993, that a long time to simmer over alleged image theft,
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