Signed front lower right: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: "ACTOR", 1958 23 x 29/ PHILIP GUSTON/ N.F.S. [underlined]/ FOR EX.
Catalogue No.
P58.036
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 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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