Sale 1659
New York
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10 May 2006
Price realised
USD 180,000
Estimate
Philip Guston (1913-1980) Book on Table signed and dated 'Philip Guston '68' (lower right) charcoal on paper 15¼ x 19½ in. (38.7 x 49.5 cm.) Drawn in 1968.
Provenance
David McKee Gallery, Inc., New York Acquired from the above by the present owner
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Exhibited
New York, David McKee Gallery, Philip Guston: Drawings 1947-1977, 1978, no. 33 (illustrated).
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