
Art Institute of Chicago
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Philip Guston · 1958
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist; sold through Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, to the Society for Contemporary American Art at the Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 30, 1959 [check; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, June 22, 1959.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- The Art Institute of Chicago, 19th Society for Contemporary American Art Exhibition, Apr. 23–May 24, 1959, cat.18.
- São Paolo, Museo de arte Moderna, 5th Bienal de São Paulo, Sept. 21–Dec. 31, 1959, cat. 21, as Rito.
- Birmingham Museum of Art, Contemporary American Painting—The Arts Around Us, Feb. 4–25, 1962, no cat. no.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, 26th Annual Exhibition by the Society for Contemporary American Art, Apr. 8–May 10, 1966, no cat no.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Society for Contemporary Art: 1940-1980, Apr. 30–June 1, 1980, no cat. no.
Literature
Published references
- The Art Institute of Chicago, 19th Society for Contemporary American Art Exhibition, exh. checklist (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1959), n.p., cat. 18.
- Edith Weigle, "Shows Review Art of Century," Chicago Tribune, May 6, 1959, B1.
- Sam Hunter, “Sala Especial: Philip Guston” 5th Bienal de São Paulo, exh. cat. (São Paulo: 5th Bienal de São Paulo, 1959), 169, cat. 21, as Rito.
- Richard F. Howard, “Contemporary American Painting—The Arts Around Us,” Birmingham Museum of Art Bulletin Catalogue 10, 2 (January 1962), n.p.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, 26th Annual Exhibition by the Society for Contemporary American Art, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1966), n.p. (ill.).
- Frederick Sweet, “Two Modern Americans,” The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly 53/54, no. 1 (February 1960): 16 (ill.), 17.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Society for Contemporary Art: 1940-1980, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1980), 26, 31 (ill.), 51 (ill.).
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Society for Contemporary Art: 60th Anniversary, 1940–2000 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2000), 46 (color ill.), 47, 106.
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