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The Actors V
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PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)
The Actors V
signed and titled 'PHILIP GUSTON "THE ACTORS V"' (on the backing board)
oil on paper mounted on panel
30 1⁄8 x 40 1⁄8 in. (76.4 x 101.9 cm.)
Painted in 1962.
The Actors V
signed and titled 'PHILIP GUSTON "THE ACTORS V"' (on the backing board)
oil on paper mounted on panel
30 1⁄8 x 40 1⁄8 in. (76.4 x 101.9 cm.)
Painted in 1962.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Private collection, 2007
McKee Gallery, New York
Private collection, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2013
Private collection, 2007
McKee Gallery, New York
Private collection, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2013
Literature
R Slifkin, "The Tragic Image: Action Painting Refigured," Oxford Art Journal, Volume 34, No. 2, 2011, p. 236, fig. 3 (illustrated).
R. Slifkin, Out of Time: Philip Guston and the Refiguration of Postwar American Art, Berkeley, 2013, p. 146, no. 63 (illustrated).
M. Westall, "Philip Guston. Transformation," FAD Magazine, 14 December 2020, digital.
G. Mack, "Malen gegen Heuchelei und Selbsttäuschung," NZZ am Sonntag, 20 December 2020, p. 65 (illustrated).
R. Storr, Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting, London, 2020, pp. 78 and 88, no. 79 (illustrated).
D. Ottinger, Philip Guston: The Irony of History, Paris, 2025, pp. 37 and 40, no. 26 (illustrated).
The Guston Foundation, The Philip Guston Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. P62.003 (illustrated).
R. Slifkin, Out of Time: Philip Guston and the Refiguration of Postwar American Art, Berkeley, 2013, p. 146, no. 63 (illustrated).
M. Westall, "Philip Guston. Transformation," FAD Magazine, 14 December 2020, digital.
G. Mack, "Malen gegen Heuchelei und Selbsttäuschung," NZZ am Sonntag, 20 December 2020, p. 65 (illustrated).
R. Storr, Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting, London, 2020, pp. 78 and 88, no. 79 (illustrated).
D. Ottinger, Philip Guston: The Irony of History, Paris, 2025, pp. 37 and 40, no. 26 (illustrated).
The Guston Foundation, The Philip Guston Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. P62.003 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, The Jewish Museum, Philip Guston: Recent Paintings and Drawings, January-February 1966, n.p., no. 9.
New York, Seth Siegelaub Gallery, '25' Painting and Sculpture, March 1966, n.p., no. 4.
St. Moritz, Hauser & Wirth, Philip Guston: Transformation, December 2020-April 2021.
New York, Seth Siegelaub Gallery, '25' Painting and Sculpture, March 1966, n.p., no. 4.
St. Moritz, Hauser & Wirth, Philip Guston: Transformation, December 2020-April 2021.
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