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P57.003

The Clock, 1957
Oil on canvas
76 x 64⅛ in.
193.0 x 162.9 cm
Signed front lower center: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/"THE CLOCK" 1957/"76" x "64"
Provenance
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Mrs. Bliss Parkinson
Mrs. Bliss Parkinson
Mrs. Sherman J. Sexton, Chicago
Exhibitions
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", February 24, 1958 - March 22, 1958 
Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland, "Die Neue Amerikanische Malerei", April 19, 1958 - May 26, 1958 Travelled to:
Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Milan, Italy, "The New American Painting", June 01, 1958 - June 29, 1958
Museo Nacional de Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid, Spain, "The New American Painting", July 16, 1958 - August 11, 1958
Hochshule für Bildende Künste, Berlin, Germany, "The New American Painting", September 01, 1958 - October 01, 1958
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, "The New American Painting", October 17, 1958 - November 24, 1958
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium, "The New American Painting", December 05, 1958 - January 04, 1959
Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, "The New American Painting", January 16, 1959 - February 15, 1959
Tate Gallery, London, England, "The New American Painting", February 24, 1959 - March 23, 1959
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "The New American Painting", May 26, 1959 - September 08, 1959
Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, "V Bienal, Estados Unidos, 1959", September 21, 1959 - December 31, 1959
US Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia, Venice , Italy, "Quattro Artisti Americani: Guston, Hofmann, Kline, Roszak, XXX Biennale Venezia", June 18, 1960 - October 16, 1960
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Recent Acquisitions", December 20, 1960 - February 14, 1961
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL, "The Sidney Janis Painters", April 08, 1961 - May 07, 1961
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", May 03, 1962 - July 01, 1962  Travelled to:
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, "Philip Guston", September 20, 1962 - October 15, 1962
Whitechapel Gallery, London, England, "Philip Guston", January 16, 1963 - February 17, 1963
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium, "Philip Guston", March 01, 1963 - March 24, 1963
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA, "Philip Guston", May 22, 1963 - June 30, 1963
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Art in a Changing World: 1884 - 1964: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection", May 24, 1964 - October 14, 1964
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Art in a Changing World: 1885 - 1964: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection", July 07, 1966 - October 05, 1966
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Art in a Changing World: 1884 - 1964: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection", June 30, 1967 - September 26, 1967
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Art in a Changing World: 1884 - 1964: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection", September 26, 1967 - February 19, 1968
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Art in a Changing World: 1884 - 1964: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection", June 26, 1968 - June 1969
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "The New American Painting and Sculpture: The First Generation from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art including promised gifts", June 18, 1969 - October 05, 1969
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, "American Art Since 1945: A Loan Exhibition from the Museum of Modern Art", September 15, 1972 - October 22, 1972
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, "American Art Since 1945 from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art", October 20, 1975 - November 30, 1975 Travelled to:
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, "American Art Since 1945 from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art", January 10, 1976 - February 22, 1976
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, "American Art Since 1945 from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art", March 22, 1976 - May 02, 1976
Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, San Diego, CA, American Art Since 1945 from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, May 31, 1976 - July 11, 1976
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX, "American Art Since 1945 from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art", September 15, 1976 - October 27, 1976
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, "American Art Since 1945 from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art", October 25, 1976 - December 05, 1976
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC, "American Art Since 1945 from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art", January 08, 1977 - February 20, 1977
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, "American Art Since 1945 from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art", March 14, 1977 - April 17, 1977
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, "American Art Since 1945", May 09, 1977 - June 30, 1977
Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, "American Abstract Expressionists", August 13, 1981 - September 12, 1981
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Selections from the Permanent Collection, Painting and Sculpture", March 27, 1985 - December 23, 1985
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Selections from the Permanent Collection, Painting and Sculpture", February 17, 1989 - October 25, 1989
Musee d'Art Moderne Villeneuve d'Ascq, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, "Blast! European Surrealism and American Abstract Expressionism", December 02, 1989 - February 19, 1990
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Works from the Collection", May 28, 1992 - July 26, 1992 
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "Philip Guston: Gemälde 1947 - 1979", September 02, 1999 - November 01, 1999  Travelled to:
Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, "Philip Guston: Gemälde 1947 - 1979", February 16, 2000 - April 24, 2000
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, "Philip Guston: Paintings of Four Decades", May 12, 2000 - July 30, 2000
Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, "Philip Guston Peintures 1947 - 1979", September 13, 2000 - December 04, 2000
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Painting and Sculpture Changes 2008", December 10, 2008 - May 02, 2010
Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany, "Le grand geste!: informel und Abstraker Expressionismus, 1946-1964", April 10, 2010 - August 01, 2010
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Abstract Expressionist New York: The Big Picture", October 03, 2010 - April 25, 2011 Travelled to:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, "Abstract Expressionist New York: The Big Picture", May 28, 2011 - September 04, 2011
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