Catalogue Raisonné

P70.017

Evidence, 1970
Oil on canvas
75¼ x 114¼ in.
191.1 x 290.2 cm
Signed front lower center: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "EVIDENCE" (underlined). 1970/ OIL . 75 1/4 x 114 1/4
Provenance
Collection SFMOMA, Gift of the artist
Exhibitions
Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston Recent Paintings", October 17, 1970 - November 07, 1970 
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA, "New Paintings, Philip Guston", November 14, 1970 - December 13, 1970 
Art and Architecture Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT, "The Yale Art Students' Choice: 76-77", October 25, 1976 - November 26, 1976
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, Philip Guston: New Works in San Francisco, December 21, 1978 - January 21, 1979 
Whitechapel Gallery, London, England, "Philip Guston: Paintings 1969 - 1980", October 13, 1982 - December 12, 1982  Travelled to:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Seven Artists in Depth: The Creative Process", August 07, 1986 - October 05, 1986
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "From Matisse to Diebenkorn: Selections from the Collection of Painting and Sculpture", January 18, 1995 - August 10, 1995
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Art of Four Decades: 1958 - 1998", June 05, 1998 - July 19, 1998
McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Poor Richard by Philip Guston", September 07, 2001 - November 03, 2001  Travelled to:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "75 Years of Looking Forward: Focus on Artists", September 29, 2009 - February 23, 2011
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, France, "Icônes américaines—Chefs-d’œuvre du SFMOMA et de la collection Fisher" (American Icons: Masterworks from SFMOMA and the Fisher Collection), April 08, 2015 - June 22, 2015 Travelled to:
Bibliography
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Preston, Malcolm. "Art: Guston Exhibit at BU Gallery." Boston Herald Traveler, December 1970, mentioned in text, not illus.
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