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Philip Guston: The Not For Sale Collection

Musa Guston Mayer takes us into the studio of her father, the artist Philip Guston, reflecting on her relationship with him and the future of his legacy.

Musa Guston Mayer takes us into the studio of her father, the artist Philip Guston, reflecting on her relationship with him and the future of his legacy.

Philip Guston's painting titled "The Line"

Philip Guston (American, born Canada, 1913–80). The Line, ca.1978. Oil on canvas, 71 × 73 1/4 in. (180.3 × 186.1 cm). Promised Gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photograph by Genevieve Hanson. © The Estate of Philip Guston. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth.

Archival Footage:
Philip Guston: A Life Lived, directed by Michael Blackwood (New York: Michael Blackwood Productions, 1981).

Images:
Photograph by Walter Auerbach courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery

Photographs by Arthur Swoger courtesy of Carol R. Scott

Photograph by Frank Lloyd courtesy of The Guston Foundation

Photographs by Denise Browne Hare courtesy of Morgan Hare

Photographs by Sidney B. Felson courtesy of the artist and Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl

Additional photographs and images courtesy of The Guston Foundation.

Martial Memory, 1941; Saint Louis Art Museum, Eliza McMillan Trust 115:1942; © 2023 Estate of Philip Guston

All other artworks: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Promised Gift of Musa Guston Mayer © 2023 Estate of Philip Guston


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