Inscription: Signed (lower right): Philip Guston; inscribed (verso): PHILIP GUSTON/ "AEGEAN II" 1977 [underlined]/ 36 1/2 X 70 [underlined]/ OIL ON CANVAS
the artist, Woodstock, N. Y. (1977–d. 1980); his widow, Musa Guston, Woodstock, N. Y. (1980–d. 1992); their daughter, Musa Guston Mayer, New York (from 1992; her promised gift to MMA)
Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. "Philip Guston: Late Paintings," July 25–October 7, 2012, no. 6 (lent by a private collection, courtesy of McKee Gallery, New York).
Hauser & Wirth, Hong Kong. "Philip Guston: A Painter's Forms, 1950–1979," May 29–August 25, 2018, not in catalogue.
New York. Hauser & Wirth. "Philip Guston: Room, Sea & Sky," September 3–October 26, 2024, no catalogue.
Keith Bruce. "Between Pollock and Warhol." Herald (Glasgow) (July 27, 2012), p. 19.
Mark Sadler. "Philip Guston/Mick Peter, Inverleith House/Collective Gallery, Edinburgh." Frieze no. 151 (November–December 2012), p. 165.
David Anfam and Paul Nesbitt inPhilip Guston: Late Paintings. Exh. cat., Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 2012, pp. 28, 30, 33, colorpl. 6 and ill. n.p. (color, installation photo).
Philip Larratt-Smith inPhilip Guston: Late Paintings. Exh. cat., Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 2012, p. 56.
Alastair Sooke. "Philip Guston: Late Paintings, Inverleith House, Review." telegraph.co.uk. August 21, 2012.
Elly Thomas. Play and the Artist's Creative Process: The Work of Philip Guston and Eduardo Paolozzi. New York, 2019, pp. 49, 59, 63, 73, fig. 3.2.
Robert Storr. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London, 2020, p. 197, no. 210, ill. p. 200 (color).
Alex Greenberger. "Metropolitan Museum to Receive 220-Work Philip Guston Gift from the Artist’s Daughter." artnews.com. December 14, 2022, ill. (color), calls it "Aegean III".
"The Met Museum Receives Gift of 220 Philip Guston Works From His Daughter." lavocedinewyork.com. December 14, 2022.
The Guston Foundation, ed. Catalogue Raisonné. Online resource [gustoncrllc.org/home/catalogue_raisonne], 2024–25 (accessed), no. P77.037, ill. (color).
"Philip Guston: Room, Sea & Sky at Hauser & Wirth, NYC." artefuse.com. October 9, 2024, ill. (color, installation photos, Exh. New York 2024).
Philip Guston (American (born Canada), Montreal 1913–1980 Woodstock, New York)
1936
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