Inscription: Signed (lower right): Philip Guston; inscribed (verso): PHILIP GUSTON/ "PAINTER'S HAND" [underlined] 1975/ OIL - 67" X 79"
the artist, Woodstock, N. Y. (1975–d. 1980); his widow, Musa Guston, Woodstock, N. Y. (1980–d. 1992); their daughter, Musa Guston Mayer, New York (from 1992; her promised gift to MMA)
IVAM / Institut Valencia d'Art Modern. "Philip Guston: One-Shot Painting/De Un Solo Aliento," December 13, 2001–March 3, 2002, unnumbered cat. (p. 189; lent by a private collection, Woodstock).
Maastricht, the Netherlands. Bonnefantenmuseum. "Philip Guston: One-Shot Painting/De Un Solo Aliento," March 17–December 8, 2002, unnumbered cat.
Museo Picasso Málaga. "El Factor Grotesco," October 22, 2012–February 10, 2013, unnumbered cat. (pp. 304–5; lent by a private collection).
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt. "Philip Guston: Das große Spätwerk / Late Works," November 6, 2013–February 2, 2014, unnumbered cat. (p. 40; lent by a private collection).
Hamburg. Deichtorhallen. "Philip Guston Late Works," February 22–May 25, 2014, unnumbered cat.
Humlebaek. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. "Philip Guston Late Works," June 4–September 7, 2014, unnumbered cat.
New York. Hauser & Wirth. "Philip Guston, 1969–1979," September 9–October 30, 2021, no catalogue.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "Philip Guston Now," October 23, 2022–January 15, 2023, unnumbered cat. (pl. 147; lent by a private collection).
Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art. "Philip Guston Now," March 2–August 27, 2023, unnumbered cat.
Carrie Rickey inPhilip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura. Exh. cat., Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. [Madrid], 1989, ill. p. 74 (in the artist's studio, 1975).
Guillermo Solana. "Philip Guston la alegoria del absurdo." El Cultural (December 12, 2001), ill. pp. 30–31 (color).
Manuel Padorno inPhilip Guston: One-Shot-Painting/De Un Solo Aliento. Exh. cat., IVAM / Institut Valencia d'Art Modern. [Valencia], 2001, pp. 140–41, ill. p. 189 (color).
Alexander van Grevenstein. "Philip Guston: The Demos (1973–1979)." Bonnefanten Magazine 2 (Summer 2002), ill. p. 18 (color).
Michael Auping inPhilip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat., Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Fort Worth, 2003, ill. p. 20 (installation photo, the artist's studio, 1975).
Philip Larratt-Smith inPhilip Guston: Late Paintings. Exh. cat., Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 2012, ill. p. 54 (installation photo, the artist's studio, 1975).
Robert Storr. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London, 2020, p. 209, no. 252, ill. pp. 228 (color), 326 (installation photo, artist's studio, 1975).
Musa Mayer. Philip Guston. London, 2020, p. 88, ill. (color) and ill. front cover (color, detail), inside back flap (installation photo, the artist's studio, 1975).
Kate Nesin inPhilip Guston Now. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Washington, D.C., 2020, p. 217.
Harry Cooper inPhilip Guston Now. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Washington, D.C., 2020, pp. 125–26, colorpl. 147.
Murray Whyte. "How Do You Contextualize an Artist Who Captured Hate?" bostonglobe.com. September 16, 2021.
Vivian Chui. "Philip Guston's Most Controversial Decade of Work." ocula.com. September 22, 2021, ill. (color, installation photo, Exh. New York 2021).
R.C. Baker. "Tragicomic Soothsayer: Philip Guston Rides Again." villagevoice.com. October 22, 2021, ill. (color).
Mira Schor. "Philip Guston." 4columns.org. October 22, 2021, ill. (color, installation photo, Exh. New York 2021).
John Yau. "Philip Guston's Unblinking Eye." hyperallergic.com. September 29, 2021.
Jonathan Goodman. "Philip Guston, 1969-1979 at Hauser & Wirth, NYC (Video + Review)." artefuse.com. October 16, 2021, ill. (color, installation photo, Exh. New York 2021).
Philip Guston. "Philip Guston's Vivid Reflections on the Power of Art." frieze.com. May 9, 2022, ill. (installation photo, artist's studio, 1975).
Clark Coolidge, ed. Que peindre sinon l'énigme. Philip Guston: Écrits, conférences et entretiens, 1944–1980. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 2010]). [Strasbourg], 2023, fig. 177 (color, installation photo, Exh. New York 2021) 182 (color, installation photo, Exh. Washington 2023).
Musa Mayer. "Philip Guston at The Met." Perspectives. Online resource [metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles], May 25, 2023, ill. (color).
The Guston Foundation, ed. Catalogue Raisonné. Online resource [gustoncrllc.org/home/catalogue_raisonne], 2024–25 (accessed), no. P75.048, ill. (color).
Philip Guston (American (born Canada), Montreal 1913–1980 Woodstock, New York)
1936
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