Untitled

Date1954

Maker Philip Guston American, 1913-1980

Object number2020.15.12

Provenance[Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1952]; purchased from gallery by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Washington, 1957; by gift to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2020

Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Mapcaia

Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Recent Paintings Philip Guston, February 6, 1956 – March 3, 1956. Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. C. Bagley Wright: Twentieth Century American and European Paintings and Sculpture, November 8 - December 8, 1964. Cat. no. 17. New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Painting and Sculpture 1940 - 1970, October 18, 1969 - February 1, 1970; Text by Henry Geldzahler; cat. no. 113, ill. p. 171. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection of Modern Art, March 4 - May 5, 1999; pp. 75, 180, ill. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, SAM at 75: Building a Collection for Seattle, May 5 - September 9, 2007. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, City of Tomorrow: Jinny Wright and the Art That Shaped a New Seattle, October 23, 2020 - January 18, 2021.Published ReferencesIshikawa, Chiyo, ed. A Community of Collectors: 75th Anniversary Gifts to the Seattle Art Museum. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 2008; p. 38, ill. Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing Ltd., 2020; p. 61, no. 46, ill.

Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

Dimensions51 x 48 3/4 in. (129.5 x 123.8 cm)

MediumOil on canvas