“Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.” – St. Thomas Aquinas, Two Precepts of Charity, 1273. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

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Copied Philip Guston, "Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do."--St. Thomas Aquinas, Two Precepts of Charity, 1273. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1952, oil on paper mounted on paperboard, sheet: 19 7⁄8 x 12 5⁄8 in. (50.4 x 32.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.112

Artwork Details

Title
“Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.” – St. Thomas Aquinas, Two Precepts of Charity, 1273. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
Artist
Date
1952
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 19 7⁄8 x 12 5⁄8 in. (50.4 x 32.0 cm)
Markings
center right in oil: Guston (written sideways) mount verso upper left to upper center in pencil: Philip Guston (top half visible) #/1 0-.1/-N.YC mount verso upper left in colored pencil: (illegible)37337 (sideways and underlined) mount verso center in colored felt-tipped pen and ink: #54 mount verso upper center: GI-32/D mount verso center in colored pencil: #28/49-28-1951/St Thomas Aquinas
Credit Line
Gift of Container Corporation of America
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on paper mounted on paperboard
Classifications
Keywords
  • Architecture
  • Cityscape — town
  • Cityscape — imaginary
Object Number
1984.124.112
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1984.124.112