LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

68.39 in. (173.70 cm.) (height) by 58.74 in. (149.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed; signed, titled and dated 1955 on the reverse

Exhibited:

New York, Sidney Janis Gallery,. Recent Paintings by Philip Guston, February - March 1956. New York, The Museum of Modern Art, . Twelve Americans , May - September 1956, p. 43, illustrated . New York, Tanager Gallery, . Painters Sculptors on 10th Street: Exhibition of Artists Working on 10th Street , December 1956 - January 1957. Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, . 63rd American Exhibition: Paintings and Sculpture , December 1959 - January 1960, no. 47 (text). New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts; London, Whitechapel Gallery; and Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art,. Philip Guston , May 1962 - June 1963, p. 27, no. 29 (text). Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, . 27th Annual Exhibition by the Society for Contemporary American Art , April - May 1967 (incorrectly dated). Chicago, The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago, . Abstract Expressionism: A Tribute to Harold Rosenberg, Paintings and Drawings from Chicago Collections , October - November 1979, p. 29, pl. 5, no. 17, illustrated . Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, . Under Development: Dreaming the MCA's Collection , April - August 1994

Literature:

D.A., "Art: Visit to 10th Street: Painters and Sculptors Living or Working Downtown Show at Tanager Gallery," . The New York Times , December 28, 1956 (text). Exh. Cat., New York, Sidney Janis Gallery,. Philip Guston , 1960, n.p., pl. 30, illustrated (in installation at Sidney Janis Gallery, 1956). Helen Lambert, "Guston Show Heads London Gallery List," . New York Herald Tribune , Paris, January 16, 1963, p. 5 (text

Provenance:

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York. Fairweather Hardin Gallery, Chicago. Private Collection, Chicago (acquired from the above in 1957). Thence by descent to the present owner in 1982