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In Conversation: Property from a Private Northwest Collection
PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)
Painting
Details
PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)
Painting
signed ‘Philip Guston’ (lower right); signed again, dated and titled ‘"PAINTING" 1952 PHILIP GUSTON’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
32 x 35 7⁄8 in. (81.2 x 91.1 cm.)
Painted in 1952
Painting
signed ‘Philip Guston’ (lower right); signed again, dated and titled ‘"PAINTING" 1952 PHILIP GUSTON’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
32 x 35 7⁄8 in. (81.2 x 91.1 cm.)
Painted in 1952
Provenance
Sam Hunter, Princeton (acquired from the artist).
B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago (on consignment from the above).
Private collection, Chicago (acquired from the above).
Acquavella Contemporary Art, Inc., New York (on consignment from the above, 1980).
Private collection, Cleveland (acquired from the above, 1980).
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 12 May 2004, lot 23.
Private collection, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York (on consignment from the above, 2011).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2011.
B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago (on consignment from the above).
Private collection, Chicago (acquired from the above).
Acquavella Contemporary Art, Inc., New York (on consignment from the above, 1980).
Private collection, Cleveland (acquired from the above, 1980).
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 12 May 2004, lot 23.
Private collection, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York (on consignment from the above, 2011).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2011.
Literature
J.T. Spike, "Switch Hitter: Philip Guston Defines the Trends" in Art & Antiques, September 2004, p. 96 (illustrated; titled Untitled).
B. MacAdam, "Guston Low and High" in Art + Auction, vol. XXIX, no. 6, February 2006, p. 114 (illustrated).
C. Coolidge, ed., Que peindre sinon l’énigme: Philip Guston, Ecrits, conférences et entretiens, 1944-1980, Strasbourg, 2023, pp. 406 and 624, pl. 58 (illustrated; titled Untitled).
The Guston Foundation, The Philip Guston Catalogue Raisonné (gustoncrllc.org), no. P52.004 (illustrated; accessed October 2026).
B. MacAdam, "Guston Low and High" in Art + Auction, vol. XXIX, no. 6, February 2006, p. 114 (illustrated).
C. Coolidge, ed., Que peindre sinon l’énigme: Philip Guston, Ecrits, conférences et entretiens, 1944-1980, Strasbourg, 2023, pp. 406 and 624, pl. 58 (illustrated; titled Untitled).
The Guston Foundation, The Philip Guston Catalogue Raisonné (gustoncrllc.org), no. P52.004 (illustrated; accessed October 2026).
Exhibited
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Collects Modern Art, September-October 1980, n.p., no. 11 (illustrated).
The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Art of Collecting Modern Art, February-March 1986, n.p., no. 32 (illustrated).
The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Art of Collecting Modern Art, February-March 1986, n.p., no. 32 (illustrated).
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