Lot 146
146
PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)
PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)
PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)
2 More
An Extraordinary Eye: The Distinguished Collection of June Roth
PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)

Leaf III

Details
PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)
Leaf III
signed 'Philip Guston' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated 'PHILIP GUSTON "LEAF III" 1960' (on the reverse)
oil on illustration board mounted on Masonite
29 7⁄8 x 40 in. (75.9 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1960.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the late owner
Literature
The Guston Foundation, The Philip Guston Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. P60.013 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, New Paintings by Philip Guston, February-March 1961.

Brought to you by

Rachael White Young
Rachael White Young Vice President, Senior Specialist, Head of Core Market Sales
+1 917 689 5137

Lot Essay

"Ah, so that’s what ‘art’ is – lets you stop – isolate it – lets us ‘see’ it – but here in this new picture there is ‘nothing’ to see – except multitudes of masses, that go on forever – in the mind."
– Philip Guston

More from Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale

View All
View All