Philip Guston

(American, 1913–1980)

Philip Guston was an iconic American painter whose works transitioned from Abstract Expressionism into an idiosyncratic lexicon of painterly forms and a cartoonish figures. “The painting is not on a surface, but on a plane which is imagined,” he once reflected. “It moves in a mind. It is not there physically at all. It is an illusion, a piece of magic, so that what you see is not what you see.” Born Philip Goldstein on June 27, 1913 in Montreal, Canada to Ukranian-Jewish immigrant parents, he grew up in California, where he attended the Los Angeles Manual Arts High School with Jackson Pollock. Moving to New York, Guston was enrolled in the Works Progress Administration during the 1930s, where he produced works inspired by the Mexican Muralists and Italian Renaissance paintings. He went on to become an integral part of the city’s art scene in the 1950s, alongside Willem de Kooning and his former classmate Pollock. Guston famously abandoned the success and dialogue he had with abstraction in the late 1960s, resulting in the loss of his gallery representation and virulent scorn from critics. However, it is the artist’s late work that has proven to be his most lasting contribution to art history. Featuring recurring imagery such as hooded Klansmen, Richard Nixon, smoldering cigarettes, and huge eyeballs, works such as In the Studio (1975), influenced generations of painters and established Guston in the canon of 20th-century art. He died on June 7, 1980 in Woodstock, NY. Today, the artist's works can be found in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Tate Gallery in London, among others.

Philip Guston Artworks

Philip Guston (933 results)
Coat, 1980

Philip Guston

Coat, 1980

Sale Date: September 19, 2013

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Sea, 1980

Philip Guston

Sea, 1980

Sale Date: September 18, 2013

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Group, 1980

Philip Guston

Group, 1980

Sale Date: August 8, 2013

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Group, 1980

Philip Guston

Group, 1980

Sale Date: June 27, 2013

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Brushes, 1969

Philip Guston

Brushes, 1969

Sale Date: May 16, 2013

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To Fellini, 1958

Philip Guston

To Fellini, 1958

Sale Date: May 15, 2013

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East Side, 1980

Philip Guston

East Side, 1980

Sale Date: May 16, 2013

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Summer, 1980

Philip Guston

Summer, 1980

Sale Date: May 16, 2013

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Untitled, 1969

Philip Guston

Untitled, 1969

Sale Date: May 15, 2013

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Studio forms, 1980

Philip Guston

Studio forms, 1980

Sale Date: May 2, 2013

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Sky, 1980–1983

Philip Guston

Sky, 1980–1983

Sale Date: April 29, 2013

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Elements, 1980

Philip Guston

Elements, 1980

Sale Date: April 29, 2013

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Agean, 1980

Philip Guston

Agean, 1980

Sale Date: April 29, 2013

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Sea Group, 1980

Philip Guston

Sea Group, 1980

Sale Date: April 29, 2013

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Painter

Philip Guston

Painter

Sale Date: April 30, 2013

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Coat, 1980

Philip Guston

Coat, 1980

Sale Date: April 30, 2013

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Untitled, 1958

Philip Guston

Untitled, 1958

Sale Date: March 7, 2013

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Untitled, 1964

Philip Guston

Untitled, 1964

Sale Date: March 7, 2013

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Untitled (from A Suite of Ten Lithographs), 1966

Philip Guston

Untitled (from A Suite of Ten Lithographs), 1966

Sale Date: February 7, 2013

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Untitled (from A Suite of Ten Lithographs), 1966

Philip Guston

Untitled (from A Suite of Ten Lithographs), 1966

Sale Date: December 5, 2012

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Inscapes: Words and Image, 1977

Philip Guston

Inscapes: Words and Image, 1977

Sale Date: November 17, 2012

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Untitled, 1966

Philip Guston

Untitled, 1966

Sale Date: November 17, 2012

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Sky, 1980

Philip Guston

Sky, 1980

Sale Date: November 15, 2012

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Untitled #11 (Open Washes), 1966

Philip Guston

Untitled #11 (Open Washes), 1966

Sale Date: November 15, 2012

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