Philip Guston

McKee Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is hinged verso to the mount in the upper two corners. Visible only when examined out of the frame is some very light mount staining along the extreme outer edges and artist's pinholes to the upper two corners and the centre of the upper edge. Also visible only when examined out of it's frame is some light adhesive residue running intermittently along the edges. Close inspection reveals a few very faint and pale pinhead-sized media accretions scattered in isolated places.
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“The forms, which touch and bump and overlap each other, strain to separate themselves, yet cannot exist without one another. While they strive to become independent, a condition of delirium persists, as if these forms desire to configure other combinations of themselves. What a restless and startling state for forms to be in!”
Philip Guston
Exhibition Catalogue, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, The Drawings of Philip Guston, 1988, p. 41