the artist, Woodstock, N. Y. (1968–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. David McKee Gallery. "Philip Guston: Drawings 1947–1977," October 3–November 4, 1978, no. 34.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "The Drawings of Philip Guston," September 8–November 1, 1988, no. 71 (lent by a private collection, Woodstock, New York).
Amsterdam. Museum Overholland. "Philip Guston (The Drawings of Philip Guston)," January 14–March 12, 1989, no. 71.
Barcelona. Centre Cultural de la Fundació Caixa de Pensions. "Dibuixos: Philip Guston," March 30–May 14, 1989, no. 71 (lent by a private collection, Woodstock, New York).
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. "The Drawings of Philip Guston," May 28–July 23, 1989, no. 71.
Dublin. Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College. "The Drawings of Philip Guston," August 9–September 16, 1989, no. 71.
Rome. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. "Philip Guston: Opere Su Carta 1933–1980," October 11–November 26, 1989, no. 57 (lent by a private collection, Woodstock (New York)).
New York. McKee Gallery. "Philip Guston: Mind and Matter," November 11, 2003–January 10, 2004, no. 6 (as "Ink Bottle & Quill," lent by a private collection).
Hauser & Wirth, Hong Kong. "Philip Guston: A Painter's Forms, 1950–1979," May 29–August 25, 2018, not in catalogue.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Philip Guston Now," May 1–September 11, 2022, unnumbered cat. (pl. 79; as "Untitled," 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.
Edward F. Fry inPhilip Guston: The Late Works. Exh. cat., National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. [Sydney], 1984, ill. p. 17, calls it "Ink bottle and quill".
Robert Storr. Philip Guston. New York, 1986, no. 44, ill. p. 47.
Magdalena Dabrowski. The Drawings of Philip Guston. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1988, pp. 173, 178, no. 71, ill. p. 103.
International Council and International Program of The Museum of Modern Art: Annual Report 1988–89 (1988–1989), ill. p. 14 (installation photo, Exh. Amsterdam 1989).
Deanna Petherbridge. "Graphic Revelations From the Sharp End of the Pencil." Financial Times (June 2, 1989), ill. p. 19 (detail).
Manuel Botelho. Guston em contexto: Até ao regresso da figura. [Lisbon], 2007, ill. p. 121.
Musa Mayer. Philip Guston. London, 2020, p. 53, ill. p. 54 (color).
Musa Mayer. "Philip Guston at The Met." Perspectives. Online resource [metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles], May 25, 2023, ill. (color).
Philip Guston (American (born Canada), Montreal 1913–1980 Woodstock, New York)
1936
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