Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): Philip Guston 1947-48
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)
New York. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. "Philip Guston," May 2–July 1, 1962, unnumbered cat. (dated 1947, lent by the artist).
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. "Philip Guston," September 20–October 15, 1962.
London. Whitechapel Gallery. "Philip Guston," January 16–February 17, 1963.
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. "Philip Guston," March 1–24, 1963.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "Philip Guston," May 15–June 23, 1963.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Philip Guston Drawings 1938–1972," July 11–September 4, 1973, no catalogue.
New York. David McKee Gallery. "Philip Guston: Drawings 1947–1977," October 3–November 4, 1978, no. 2 (dated 1947).
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. "Philip Guston," May 16–June 29, 1980, no. 12 (dated 1947, lent by the artist).
Washington, D. C. Corcoran Gallery of Art. "Philip Guston," July 20–September 9, 1980, no. 12.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. "Philip Guston," November 12, 1980–January 11, 1981, no. 12.
Denver Art Museum. "Philip Guston," February 25–April 26, 1981, no. 12.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Philip Guston," June 24–September 13, 1981, no. 12.
Evanston, Ill. Terra Museum of American Art. "Twentieth-Century American Drawings: The Figure in Context," April 29–June 17, 1984, no. 40 (dated 1947, lent by the Estate of Philip Guston. Courtesy David McKee Gallery, New York, New York).
Little Rock. Arkansas Arts Center. "Twentieth-Century American Drawings: The Figure in Context," June 29–August 19, 1984, no. 40.
Oklahoma City Museum of Art. "Twentieth-Century American Drawings: The Figure in Context," September 4–October 14, 1984, no. 40.
Toledo, Ohio. Toledo Museum of Art. "Twentieth-Century American Drawings: The Figure in Context," November 18–December 30, 1984, no. 40.
New York. National Academy of Design. "Twentieth-Century American Drawings: The Figure in Context," until May 5, 1985, no. 40.
Madison, Wis. Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. "Twentieth-Century American Drawings: The Figure in Context," January 19–March 3, 1985, no. 40.
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College. "Philip Guston: Early and Late Works," October 15–November 15, 1987, no. 3-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. 10 (as "Drawing for Tormentors (Drawing No. 1)," 1947, 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. 10.
Barcelona. Centre Cultural de la Fundació Caixa de Pensions. "Dibuixos: Philip Guston," March 30–May 14, 1989, no. 10.
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. "The Drawings of Philip Guston," May 28–July 23, 1989, no. 10.
Dublin. Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College. "The Drawings of Philip Guston," August 9–September 16, 1989, no. 10.
Rome. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. "Philip Guston: Opere Su Carta 1933–1980," October 11–November 26, 1989, no. 7 (as "Drawing for Tormentors (Drawing No. 1)," 1947, lent by The Estate of Philip Guston, courtesy David McKee Gallery, New York).
Iowa City. University of Iowa Museum of Art. "Philip Guston: Working Through the Forties," January 25–March 16, 1997, no. 20 (lent by a private collection).
Greenville, S.C. Greenville County Museum of Art. "Philip Guston: Working Through the Forties," April 9–June 29, 1997, no. 20.
Utica, N.Y. Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum of Art. "Philip Guston: Working Through the Forties," November 15, 1997–January 4, 1998, no. 20.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. "Philip Guston Retrospective," March 30–June 8, 2003, no. 17 (as "Drawing for Tormentors (Drawing No. 1)," lent by a private collection).
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. "Philip Guston Retrospective," June 28–September 27, 2003, no. 17.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Philip Guston Retrospective," October 28, 2003–January 4, 2004, no. 17.
London. Royal Academy of Arts. "Philip Guston Retrospective," January 24–April 12, 2004, no. 17.
Kunstmuseum Bonn. "Philip Guston: Works on Paper," March 1–May 20, 2007, no. 3 (as "Study for Tormentors (Drawing No. 1)," lent by a private collection).
Humlebæk. Louisiana Museum. "Philip Guston: Works on Paper," May 31–August 26, 2007, no. 3.
Vienna. Albertina. "Philip Guston: Works on Paper," September 7–November 25, 2007, no. 3.
Munich. Pinakothek der Moderne. "Philip Guston: Works on Paper," December 13, 2007–March 2, 2008, no. 3.
New York. Morgan Library and Museum. "Philip Guston: Works on Paper," May 2–August 31, 2008, no. 3.
Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art. "Philip Guston Now," March 2–August 27, 2023, unnumbered cat. (pl. 26; as "Drawing No. 1 (Study for Tormentors)," lent by a private collection).
H. H. Arnason. Philip Guston. Exh. cat., Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. New York, 1962, pp. 18, 114, ill. p. 19, calls it "Drawing No. 1" in essay text.
Lawrence Alloway. "Notes on Guston." Art Journal 22 (Fall 1962), p. 9, fig. 1, calls it "The Tormentors".
Rene Ricard. "Philip Guston at David McKee." Art in America 66 (November-December 1978), p. 157, dates it 1947.
Robert Storr. "Notes on Philip Guston (1913–1980)." Harvard Advocate (1981), ill. p. 6.
Edward F. Fry inPhilip Guston: The Late Works. Exh. cat., National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. [Sydney], 1984, ill. p. 16, places it in the collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Paul Cummings. Twentieth-Century American Drawings: The Figure in Context. Exh. cat., Terra Museum of American Art. Washington, D.C., 1984, p. 68, ill. p. 69.
Magdalena Dabrowski. The Drawings of Philip Guston. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1988, pp. 18–20, 172, no. 10, ill. p. 59.
Marjorie Welish. "I Confess: The Drawings of Philip Guston." Arts Magazine 63 (November 1988), p. 47.
Dore Ashton. "Impassioned Quest." Art International (Winter 1988), ill. p. 103, calls it "Drawing for Tormentors (Drawing No. 1)" and dates it 1947.
Paul Brach. "An Act of Salvation." Art in America 77 (January 1989), pp. 132, 134, ill. p. 132.
"Philip Guston." Serra D'Or (May 1989), p. 59, calls it "Tormentors".
Robert Storr. Philip Guston: Restrospectiva de Pintura. Exh. cat., Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. [Madrid], 1989, pp. 21, 158, fig. 5, calls it "Los Torturadores no. 1, (Tormentors, Drawing no. 1)" and dates it 1947.
Dore Ashton. A Critical Study of Philip Guston. 2nd. ed. [1st ed., 1976]. Berkeley, 1990, ill. p. 70.
Dore Ashton inPhilip Guston: La Raiz del Dibujo/Roots of Drawing. Ed. Kosme Maria de Barañano. Exh. cat., Sala Rekalde. Bilbao, 1993, ill. p. 62, calls it "Drawing I. (Tormentors)".
Harry Cooper inPhilip Guston A New Alphabet: The Late Transition. Exh. cat., Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, 2000, p. 59, fig. 5, calls it "Drawing No. 1 (for Tormentors)" and dates it 1947.
Harry Cooper. "Recognizing Guston (In Four Slips)." October 99 (Winter 2002), p. 127, ill. p. 126.
Michael E. Shapiro inPhilip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat., Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Fort Worth, 2003, pp. 34, 237, colorpl. 17.
Christoph Schreier inPhilip Guston: Works on Paper. Ed. Christoph Schreier and Michael Semff. Exh. cat., Kunstmuseum Bonn. Ostfildern, 2007, p. 47, fig. 3 (color).
Michael Semff inPhilip Guston: Works on Paper. Ed. Christoph Schreier and Michael Semff. Exh. cat., Kunstmuseum Bonn. Ostfildern, 2007, pp. 16, 181, no. 3, ill. p. 29 (color).
Michael Semff inPhilip Guston: Roma. Ed. Peter Benson Miller. Exh. cat., Museo Carlo Bilotti, Rome. Ostfildern, 2010, p. 91, calls it "Study for Tormentors (Drawing No. 1).
Karen Wilkin. "Philip Guston: Full Circle." Hopkins Review 7 (Fall 2014), ill. p. 507 (color), dates it 1947.
Harry Cooper inPhilip Guston Now. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Washington, D.C., 2020, p. 43, colorpl. 26.
Philip Guston (American (born Canada), Montreal 1913–1980 Woodstock, New York)
1971
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