id: 136672
accession number: 1961.21
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.21
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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, 20th century
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
Year in Review (1961). 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
Fifty Years of Modern Art. 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
Works from the Contemporary Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 1-October 15, 1969).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Year in Review (1 -26 November 1961)
Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Shadowed Images (19 February - 31 March 1963)
Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Fifty Years of Modern Art: 1916-1966 (15 June - 31 July 1966), cat. no. 132, repr.
CMA: Works from the Contemporary Collection, July 1-mid-October, 1969
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PROVENANCE
(Sidney Janis Gallery, NY)
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CITATIONS
Henning, Edward B. “Some Contemporary Paintings.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. 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. Art of the Twentieth Century in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Dept. of Art History & 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.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. 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.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 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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