Catalogue Raisonné

P58.036

Actor, 1958
Gouache on paper
23 x 29 in.
58.4 x 73.7 cm
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: "ACTOR", 1958 23 x 29/ PHILIP GUSTON/ N.F.S. (underlined)/ FOR EX.
Provenance
Private Collection, Boston
Exhibitions
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY, "29 Recent Paintings by Philip Guston", December 28, 1959 - January 23, 1960 
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", May 03, 1962 - July 01, 1962  Travelled to:
McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Abstract + Figurative", November 04, 2005 - December 17, 2005 
McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Group Show Winter 2009", February 12, 2009 - March 14, 2009
Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Painter", April 26, 2016 - July 30, 2016 
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29 Recent Paintings by Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1959, cat. no. 29, illus. in b&w (no page #)
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