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PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)
Lot 176

PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)

Sleeper III

Closed10 March 2022

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USD 302,400

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PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)
Sleeper III
signed 'Philip Guston' (lower left); signed again, titled and dated 'PHILIP GUSTON "SLEEPER III" 1960' (on the reverse)
oil on illustration board mounted on Masonite
29 7⁄8 x 39 7⁄8 in. (75.9 x 101.3 cm.)
Painted in 1960.

Mr. and Mrs. Carlo M. Grossman, New York
Lynn and Allen Turner, Chicago
Private collection, London
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 14 May 2008, lot 213
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

"...color remains his strong point, for it is almost always handled with a fine mixture of audacity and taste."
—R. M. Coates, "The Art Galleries: Experiments," The New Yorker, 25 February 1961, p. 93