Lot 157
  • 157

Philip Guston

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Philip Guston
  • Untitled
  • i. and iii. dedicated happy birthday bob
    ii. dedicated Birth bob
  • gouache on cardboard, in 3 parts
  • Framed: 22 1/2 by 27 1/4 in. 57.2 by 36.2 cm.
  • Executed in 1964.

Provenance

Robert Motherwell, Greenwich (gift of the artist in 1964)
Thence by descent to Renate Ponsold Motherwell

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The edges of each sheet exhibit light evidence of time-staining and a few soft creases and softening to the edges are visible. Each sheet is hinged verso intermittently to the mat. Framed under Plexiglas.
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