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Sentimental Moment
Details
Philip Guston (1913-1980)
Sentimental Moment
signed 'Philip Guston' (lower right)
oil on canvas
46¼ x 26 in. (117.5 x 66 cm.)
Painted in 1944.
Sentimental Moment
signed 'Philip Guston' (lower right)
oil on canvas
46¼ x 26 in. (117.5 x 66 cm.)
Painted in 1944.
Provenance
Grand Central Art Galleries, New York
IBM International Foundation, Armonk, acquired from the above, 1948
Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 3 May 1995, lot 216
Acquired at the above by the present owner
IBM International Foundation, Armonk, acquired from the above, 1948
Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 3 May 1995, lot 216
Acquired at the above by the present owner
Literature
A. D. Gruskin, Painting in the USA, New York, 1946, p. 88 (illustrated).
"Book of the Year," Britannica, 1946.
"Carnegie Winner's Art is Abstract and Symbolic," Life, 27 May 1946 (illustrated).
L. Nordness, ed., Art USA Now, New York, 1962, pl. 1 (illustrated). E. Genauer, "Guston 'Negatives' versus Impressionist Positives," New York Herald Tribune, 16 January 1966, p. 27.
"Book of the Year," Britannica, 1946.
"Carnegie Winner's Art is Abstract and Symbolic," Life, 27 May 1946 (illustrated).
L. Nordness, ed., Art USA Now, New York, 1962, pl. 1 (illustrated). E. Genauer, "Guston 'Negatives' versus Impressionist Positives," New York Herald Tribune, 16 January 1966, p. 27.
Exhibited
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Paintings in the United States, 1945, no. 41, pl. 1 (illustrated; awarded first prize).
New York, Midtown Galleries, Philip Guston, 1945, no. 2 (illustrated).
Washington, D.C., Pan American Union, Art of the Americas: In Celebration of Pan American Week, 1955 (illustrated).
Montevideo, American Embassy, Art in Embassies Program, 1964
New York, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, 1964-1965.
Montevideo, American Embassy, Art In Embassies Program, 1965-1967. New York, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, Twenty American Portraits, 1967, no. 28.
New York, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, Portraits by Americans, travelling show, 1969.
San Jose Museum of Art, Portraits by Americans: 18 Portraits from the IBM Collection, 1976-1978.
New York, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, Selected Works from the IBM Collection, 1986.
New York, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, Portraits from the IBM Gallery of Science and Art, 1994.
New York, Midtown Galleries, Philip Guston, 1945, no. 2 (illustrated).
Washington, D.C., Pan American Union, Art of the Americas: In Celebration of Pan American Week, 1955 (illustrated).
Montevideo, American Embassy, Art in Embassies Program, 1964
New York, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, 1964-1965.
Montevideo, American Embassy, Art In Embassies Program, 1965-1967. New York, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, Twenty American Portraits, 1967, no. 28.
New York, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, Portraits by Americans, travelling show, 1969.
San Jose Museum of Art, Portraits by Americans: 18 Portraits from the IBM Collection, 1976-1978.
New York, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, Selected Works from the IBM Collection, 1986.
New York, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, Portraits from the IBM Gallery of Science and Art, 1994.
Sale room notice
Please note that the catalogue illustration is reversed, the girl should appear looking to the right and not to the left.