Philip Guston
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© Estate of Philip Guston, courtesy Hauser & Wirth

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ArtistAmerican, born Canada, 1913–1980
CultureAmerican
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Date1979
Made inNew York, United States
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions48 × 60 in. (121.9 × 152.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward R. Broida in honor of Gisele Broida
Object number2007.567
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Provenance[David McKee Gallery, New York]; Edward R. Broida, Los Angeles, c. 1979; bequeathed to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Philip Guston: Paintings, 1978–1979," David McKee Gallery, New York, October 1979

"Philip Guston: The Last Works," Committee on the Visual Arts, M.I.T.; Hayden Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 12–November 25, 1984.

"Collector's Choice," Orlando Museum of Art, September 20–November 7, 1996.

"Bizarro World! The Parallel Universes of Comics and Fine Arts," Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida; March 17–May 7, 2000.

"Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 2007–March 2, 2008.

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Signed, recto, lower right: "Philip Guston"

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