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P59.023

Close-Up I, 1959
Oil on paper mounted on canvas
23⅜ x 28⅜ in.
59.4 x 72.1 cm
Signed front lower left: Philip Guston
Provenance
Collection Unknown
Private Collection
Auction: Sotheby's, New York, November 5, 1985, Lot 130
Private Collection
Auction: Christie's, New York, May 10, 1983, Lot 21
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Mnuchin, New York
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:
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, "Philip Guston", September 20, 1962 - October 15, 1962
Whitechapel Gallery, London, England, "Philip Guston", January 16, 1963 - February 17, 1963
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium, "Philip Guston", March 01, 1963 - March 24, 1963
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA, "Philip Guston", May 22, 1963 - June 30, 1963
Bibliography
Canaday, John. "Art: Stylistic Poles Apart: Philip Guston, Abstractionist, and Jack Levine, Satirist, Have Shows Here." The New York Times, December 30, 1959, p. 44, mentioned in text, not illus., listed as "Close-Up"
29 Recent Paintings by Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1959, cat. no. 11, illus. in b&w (no page #)
Kingston Daily Freeman. "Guston Exhibit Draws Acclaim at Janis Gallery." January 11, 1960, p. 14, mentioned in text, not illus.
Butler, Barbara. "Movie Stars and Other Members of the Cast." Art International, IV, 2-3, 1960, pp. 50–51, illus. no. 2, p. 50
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1962, cat. no. 60, illus. in b&w p. 90, Collection Mr. and Mrs. Leon A. Mnuchin, New York
Yates, Peter. "Philip Guston at the County Museum." Arts & Architecture, September 1963, pp. 4–5, 31–32, s "The Closeup", not illus.
Ashton, Dore. "That Is Not What I Meant at All: Why Philip Guston Is Not Postmodern." Arts Magazine, November 1988, pp. 67–71, mentioned in text p. 69 as one of a series, not illus.
Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, mentioned in text p. 39
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, mentioned in text p. 49, not illus., listed as "Close-Up"
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 67 illus. in color p. 81, illus. in color p. 305 as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text p. 64