BIB_ID
332326
Accession number
MA 8010.1-13
Creator
Guston, Philip, 1913-1980.
Display Date
1971-1974.
Credit line
Purchased on the Horace Goldsmith Fund for Americana, 2012.
Description
13 items ; size varies + envelopes
Notes
Acquired with the following printed ephemera: 1. an invitation to a private opening and a card advertising the sale of exhibition posters (for a show at David McKee Gallery, Nov.-Dec. 1974); 2. an illustrated catalogue "Philip Guston Paintings 1795" (David McKee Gallery, Mar.-Apr. 1975); 3. an illustrated catalogue "Philip Guston Paintings 1976" and and invitation to the opening of the same show (David McKee Gallery, Mar.-Apr. [1976]); 4. an illustrated catalogue "The Drawings of Philip Guston" (the Museum of Modern Art, Sept.-Nov. 1988). See collection files.
Provenance
Purchased on the Horace Goldsmith Fund for Americana, 2012.
Summary
Collection consists of twelve autograph letters and one autograph postcard signed from Philip Guston to American sculptor Varujan Boghosian. One letter (MA 8010.1) and the postal card (MA 8010.13) are addressed jointly to Varujan and his wife Marilyn Boghosian. The letters, several of which are illustrated, concern Guston's work, exhibitions, and personal life. Items in the collection have been described in individually; see related catalog records for more information.
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