id:			136672
accession number:	1961.21
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.21
updated:		2025-05-08 11:22:01.385000

Sleeper I, 1958. Philip Guston (American, 1913–1980). Oil on canvas; framed: 170 x 195 x 4.5 cm (66 15/16 x 76 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.); unframed: 168.2 x 193 cm (66 1/4 x 76 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961.21. © The Estate of Philip Guston

title:				Sleeper I
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creation date:			1958
creation date earliest:		1958
creation date latest:		1958
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creditline:			Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
copyright:			© The Estate of Philip Guston

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culture:	America
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Philip Guston (American, 1913–1980)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 170 x 195 x 4.5 cm (66 15/16 x 76 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.); Unframed: 168.2 x 193 cm (66 1/4 x 76 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed lower right: Philip Guston; written on back of canvas: Philip Guston 'Sleeper' 1958
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1961)
	opening date:   1961-11-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1961)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).

	title:		Fifty Years of Modern Art
	opening date:   1966-06-15T04:00:00
	<i>Fifty Years of Modern Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 15-July 31, 1966).

	title:		Works from the Contemporary Collection
	opening date:   1969-07-01T04:00:00
	<i>Works from the Contemporary Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 1-October 15, 1969).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Year in Review (1 -26 November 1961)', 'opening_date': '1961-11-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Shadowed Images (19 February - 31 March 1963)', 'opening_date': '1963-02-19T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Fifty Years of Modern Art: 1916-1966 (15 June - 31 July 1966), cat. no. 132, repr.', 'opening_date': '1966-06-15T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA:  Works from the Contemporary Collection, July 1-mid-October, 1969', 'opening_date': '1969-10-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	The artist
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	(Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY)
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, purchased in 1961
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Henning, Edward B. “Some Contemporary Paintings.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 49, no. 3 (March 1962): 47–54.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: Cover, p. 52-53, fig. 4
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142498

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 202
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n226

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 202
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n226

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Art of the Twentieth Century in the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Dept. of Art History &amp; Education, CMA, 1969.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 3
	url:		https://archive.org/details/20thCenturyArtCMA/page/n3/

	Henning, Edward B. “Reconstruction: A Painting by Jasper Johns.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 60, no. 8 (October 1973): 235–41.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 239-240, fig. 14
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152491

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 253
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n273

	Henning, Edward B. “New Paintings by Four Artists from Britain.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 69, no. 10 (December 1982): 311–23. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159795.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 319-321, fig. 16
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159795

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