Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): Philip Guston 1947
the artist, Woodstock, N. Y. (1947–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)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. "Philip Guston," May 16–June 29, 1980, no. 10 (lent by the artist).
Washington, D. C. Corcoran Gallery of Art. "Philip Guston," July 20–September 9, 1980, no. 10.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. "Philip Guston," November 12, 1980–January 11, 1981, no. 10.
Denver Art Museum. "Philip Guston," February 25–April 26, 1981, no. 10.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Philip Guston," June 24–September 13, 1981, no. 10.
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College. "Philip Guston: Early and Late Works," October 15–November 15, 1987, no. 2-D (lent by the estate of Philip Guston, courtesy David McKee Gallery, New York).
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "The Drawings of Philip Guston," September 8–November 1, 1988, no. 12 (as "Sketchbook Drawing," lent by The Estate of Philip Guston, courtesy David McKee Gallery, New York).
Amsterdam. Museum Overholland. "Philip Guston (The Drawings of Philip Guston)," January 14–March 12, 1989, no. 12.
Barcelona. Centre Cultural de la Fundació Caixa de Pensions. "Dibuixos: Philip Guston," March 30–May 14, 1989, no. 12 (as "Sketchbook Drawing," lent by The Estate of Philip Guston, courtesy David McKee Gallery, New York).
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. "The Drawings of Philip Guston," May 28–July 23, 1989, no. 12.
Dublin. Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College. "The Drawings of Philip Guston," August 9–September 16, 1989, no. 12.
Rome. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. "Philip Guston: Opere Su Carta 1933–1980," October 11–November 26, 1989, no. 9 (as "Sketchbook Drawing," lent by The Estate of Philip Guston, courtesy David McKee Gallery, New York).
Bilbao. Sala Rekalde. "Philip Guston: La Raiz del Dibujo / Roots of Drawing," May 11–June 30, 1993, no. 9 (as "Hoja de apuntes [Sketch Book]").
Iowa City. University of Iowa Museum of Art. "Philip Guston: Working Through the Forties," January 25–March 16, 1997, no. 19 (lent by The Estate of Philip Guston, Courtesy McKee Gallery, New York).
Greenville, S.C. Greenville County Museum of Art. "Philip Guston: Working Through the Forties," April 9–June 29, 1997, no. 19.
Utica, N.Y. Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum of Art. "Philip Guston: Working Through the Forties," November 15, 1997–January 4, 1998, no. 19.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Philip Guston Now," May 1–September 11, 2022, unnumbered cat. (pl. 27; as "Sketchbook Drawing," lent by a private collection).
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "Philip Guston Now," October 23, 2022–January 15, 2023, unnumbered cat.
Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art. "Philip Guston Now," March 2–August 27, 2023, unnumbered cat.
Carrie Rickey. "Gust, Gusto, Guston." Artforum 19 (October 1980), p. 37, ill.
Robert Zaller. "Philip Guston and the Crisis of the Image." Critical Inquiry 14 (Autumn 1987), p. 73 n. 5.
Magdalena Dabrowski. The Drawings of Philip Guston. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1988, pp. 19, 172, no. 12, ill. p. 61.
Robert Storr. Philip Guston: Restrospectiva de Pintura. Exh. cat., Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. [Madrid], 1989, pp. 21, 158, fig. 6, calls it "Dibujo del libro de apuntes (Sketchbook Drawing)".
Kosme Maria de Barañano inPhilip Guston: La Raiz del Dibujo/Roots of Drawing. Ed. Kosme Maria de Barañano. Exh. cat., Sala Rekalde. Bilbao, 1993, pp. 24, 34, 36, 203, no. 9, ill. (color), p. 79, book jacket (detail).
Tom Patterson. "Guston's '40s Works Frame His Future." Charlotte Observer (May 18, 1997), p. 4F.
Michael E. Shapiro inPhilip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat., Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Fort Worth, 2003, p. 34, fig. 3 (color), calls it "Sketch Book".
Karen Wilkin. "Philip Guston: Full Circle." Hopkins Review 7 (Fall 2014), ill. p. 508 (color), calls it "Sketch Book".
Alison de Lima Greene inPhilip Guston Now. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Washington, D.C., 2020, p. 189, colorpl. 27.
John Yau. "Philip Guston's Haunted Testimonies." hyperallergic.com. August 18, 2022, calls it "Sketchbook drawing".
Philip Guston (American (born Canada), Montreal 1913–1980 Woodstock, New York)
1936
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