Live Auction 20097Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale
PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)
Lot 146 An Extraordinary Eye: The Distinguished Collection of June Roth

PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)

Leaf III

Closed12 November 2021

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USD 312,500

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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.

Acquired directly from the artist by the late owner

Specialist note

"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