Philip Guston's Market Has Never Reached the Heights of His Ab-Ex Contemporaries. But This Year's Controversy May Change That
Philip Guston, Musa (1975). Photo: Jon Etter. © The Estate of Philip Guston Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth. Most artists benefit from developing a signature style. Philip Guston refused, departing mid-career from the gestural flourishes that had become a hallmark of his abstract work in favor of symbolically charged figuration. For a while, that abrupt shift seemed to dampen his market—but now, it is likely to secure his place not only in art history, but also in the art-market pantheon. To date, Guston’s market has not reached the heights of fellow leaders of the New York Schoo...
Source: artnet.com