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PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)

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$ 12 000 000
Auction dateClassic
11.05.2023 07:00UTC -04:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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USA, New York
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ID 949524
Lot 22 | PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)
PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)

Chair

signed 'Philip Guston' (lower left); signed again, titled and dated 'PHILIP GUSTON "CHAIR" 1976' (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

68 x 80 1/2 in. (172.7 x 204.5 cm.)

Painted in 1976.





Provenance

David McKee Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1988



Literature

The Guston Foundation, The Philip Guston Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. P76.028 (illustrated).



Exhibited

XVI Bienal Internacional de Sao Paulo; Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno; Guadalajara, Centro de Arte Moderno and Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Philip Guston, Sus Ultimos Años, October 1981-August 1982, p. 14, no. 8 (illustrated).

New York, Museum of Modern Art; Art Institute of Chicago and Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, High & Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture, October 1990-September 1991, pp. 222-223, fig. 109 (illustrated).



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Artist:Philip Guston (1913 - 1980)
Art style:Post War Art
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