BIB_ID
332374
Accession number
MA 8010.9
Creator
Guston, Philip, 1913-1980.
Display Date
1974 June 26.
Credit line
Purchased on the Horace Goldsmith Fund for Americana, 2012.
Description
1 item (3 p.) : ill. ; 27.8 cm + envelope
Notes
Illustrated with a sketch of a figure smoking in bed with a light bulb hanging over his head; some spheres and freestanding stairs or rocks dot the horizon in the background. Also illustrated with a sketch of a dog's head (as part of "Love to Marilyn, Heidi and Beanie [the dog].")
Location of writing from return address (Woodstock); letter was postmarked in West Hurley.
N.B. An exhibit of Guston's work, "New Paintings," was on view in 1974 at Boston University, School of Fine and Applied Arts Gallery.--Cf. Dore Ashton. A critical study of Philip Guston (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990), p. xv.
Part of a collection of letters from Philip Guston to American sculptor Varujan Boghosian. Items in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Pre-stamped envelope with postmark is addressed to Varujan Boghosian in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Location of writing from return address (Woodstock); letter was postmarked in West Hurley.
N.B. An exhibit of Guston's work, "New Paintings," was on view in 1974 at Boston University, School of Fine and Applied Arts Gallery.--Cf. Dore Ashton. A critical study of Philip Guston (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990), p. xv.
Part of a collection of letters from Philip Guston to American sculptor Varujan Boghosian. Items in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Pre-stamped envelope with postmark is addressed to Varujan Boghosian in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Provenance
Purchased on the Horace Goldsmith Fund for Americana, 2012.
Summary
Remarking that he never worries about Boghosian because he knows that he will always come out on top; approving of his decision to stay in Hanover, noting it is a wise choice given the terrible inflation. Mentioning that he giggled at Boghosian's story of sleeping too much and relating his own: noting that after the show in Boston came down he went into a "tailspin" and "slept & slept - drank, drank - went crazy - never near the studio" but remarking that starting a huge painting ("The Oracle broke the Curse") rejuvenated him and he is painting day and night now. Mentioning that he read a favorable review of Boghosian's work and might have a large show. Mentioning mutual acquaintances and sending regards.
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