Depth of Field: The Alan and Dorothy Press Collection
PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)

Chair

Price realised USD 9,610,000
Estimate
USD 12,000,000 – USD 18,000,000
Closed: 11 May 2023
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PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)

Chair

Price realised USD 9,610,000
Closed: 11 May 2023
Price realised USD 9,610,000
Closed: 11 May 2023
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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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