$30 M. Phillip Guston Painting Could Set Auction Record Amid Long-Awaited Retrospective

This May, shortly after a long-awaited Philip Guston retrospective opens in Boston, a 1958 abstract painting by the artist will make its auction debut after being held privately for four decades.
Nile will hit the auction block at Sotheby’s during a New York evening sale dedicated to modern art on May 17. The painting has a $20 million–$30 million estimate, the highest one ever given to a Guston work at auction.
The sale comes a couple weeks after the opening of the 100-work exhibiti