PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)PullPHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)Pullsigned 'Philip Guston' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated 'PHILIP GUSTON "PULL" 1979"' (on the reverse)oil on canvas68 x 100 in. (172.7 x 254 cm.)Painted in 1979.Details PHILIP GUSTON (1913-1980)Pullsigned Philip Guston (lower right); signed again, titled and dated PHILIP GUSTON PULL 1979 (on the reverse)oil on canvas68 x 100 in. (172.7 x 254 cm.)Painted in 1979. Provenance David McKee Gallery, New YorkPrivate collectionDavid McKee Gallery, New YorkVivian Horan Fine Art, New York Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1999 Literature R. Toucatt, “Metamorphosis: The Art of Philip Guston,” The Threepenny Review, Fall 1980, p. 24.S. Cramer, “Guston’s Heroic Calm in the Face of the Last Gasp of Modernism,” Age, 5 September 1984, p. 14.T. Maloon, “’Bad’ Paintings the Board Chairman Would Never Hang in His Office,” Sydney Morning Herald, 12 November 1984, p. 12.A. Rand, “The Victory of the Futile,” Arts Magazine, November 1988, pp. 62-66 (illustrated). W. Corbett, Philip Guston’s Late Work: A Memoir, Boston, 1994, pp. 91-92. Picasso, Guston, Miro, de Kooning: In volkommener Freiheit, exh. cat., Neues Museum Weserberg Bremen, 1996, pp. 102-103. The Guston Foundation, The Philip Guston Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. P79.009 (illustrated). Exhibited San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Denver Art Museum and New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Philip Guston: Retrospective 1930-1979, May 1980-September 1981, p. 124, no. 93, pl. 82 (illustrated). Los Angeles, Asher/Faure, Paintings by Philip Guston, May-June 1982. Columbus, Ohio State University, The Hoyt L. Sherman Gallery, University Gallery of Fine Art, Painter’s Painters: Milton Avery, Philip Guston, Giorgio Morandi, March-April 1984, p. 13, no. 14 (illustrated).Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria; Perth, The Art Gallery of Western Australia and Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Philip Guston: The Late Works, August 1984-December 1984, pp. 26 and 47, no. 32 (illustrated). New York, Museum of Modern Art; Art Institute of Chicago and Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, High & Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture, October 1990-September 1991, p. 225, fig. 112 (illustrated). Special Notice On occasion, Christies has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot. Conditions of saleOn occasion, Christie's has a direct financial int… Read more Depth of Field: The Alan and Dorothy Press Collection