Live Auction 18982Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Featuring The Collection of Morton and Barbara Mandel
Philip Guston (1913-1980)
Lot 246 Property from the Robert and Nettie Benenson Foundation

Philip Guston (1913-1980)

The Three I

Closed3 December 2020

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USD 175,000

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Philip Guston (1913-1980)
The Three I
signed 'Philip Guston' (lower right)
gouache on paperboard
21 7/8 x 29 7/8 in. (55.6 x 75.9 cm.)
Painted in 1963.

Sam Hunter, New York, gift of the artist
Osborne Gallery, New York
The Estate of Edward Benenson, New York, 1977
Gift of the above to the present owner

Specialist note

I use white and black pigment; white pigment is used to erase the black I don't want and becomes grey. Working with these restricted means as I do now, other things open up which are unpredictable, such as atmosphere, light, illusion - elements which do seem relevant to the image but have nothing to do with color. —Philip Guston