Inscription: Signed (lower center): Philip Guston; inscribed (verso): PHILIP GUSTON/UNTITLED 1958/64" x 75"/N.F.S.
the artist, Woodstock, N. Y. (1958–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. Sidney Janis Gallery. "29 Recent Paintings by Philip Guston," December 28, 1959–January 23, 1960, no. 1.
Venice. U.S.A. Pavilion. "XXX Biennale internazionale d’arte. Quattro Artisti Americani: Guston, Hofmann, Kline, Roszak," June 18–October 16, 1960, no. 10 (lent by the artist, courtesy Sidney Janis Gallery, New York City).
Vienna. Galerie Wurthle. "Vanguard American Painting," June 19–July 8, 1961, no catalogue.
Salzburg, Austria. Zwerglgarten. "Amerikanische maler der gegenwart," July 10–August 3, 1961, no. 29 (lent by the artist, New York).
Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Kalemegdan Pavilion. "Savremena američka umetnost," September 15–October 1, 1961, no. 29 (lent by the artist, New York).
Skoplje, Yugoslavia. Umetnicki Pavilion. "Savremena američka umetnost," October 14–29, 1961, no. 29.
Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Moderna Galerija, Zagreb. "Savremena američka umetnost," November 9–20, 1961, no. 29.
Maribor, Yugoslavia. Umetnostna Galerija. "Savremena američka umetnost," November 25–December 4, 1961, no. 29.
Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. Moderna Galerija. "Savremena američka umetnost," December 11, 1961–January 7, 1962, no. 29.
Rijeka, Yugoslavia. location unknown. "Savremena američka umetnost," January 13–31, 1962, no. 29.
London. American Embassy, USIS Gallery. "Vanguard American Painting," February 28–March 30, 1962, no. 29 (lent by the artist, New York).
New York. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. "Philip Guston," May 2–July 1, 1962, no. 57 (lent by the artist).
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. "Philip Guston," September 20–October 15, 1962, no. 54.
London. Whitechapel Gallery. "Philip Guston," January 16–February 17, 1963, no catalogue (checklist no. 57; lent by the artist).
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. "Philip Guston," March 1–24, 1963, no. 54.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "Philip Guston," May 15–June 23, 1963, no. 57.
Waltham, Mass. Poses Institute of Fine Arts, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University. "Philip Guston: A Selective Retrospective Exhibition, 1945–1965," February 27–March 27, 1966, no. 15 (lent by the artist).
Houston. University of St. Thomas Art Department. "Six Painters: Mondrian, Guston, Kline, De Kooning, Pollock, Rothko," February 22–April 2, 1967, no. 20 (lent by the artist, courtesy of the Marlborough Gallery, New York).
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. "Philip Guston," May 16–June 29, 1980, no. 34 (lent courtesy of the David McKee Gallery, New York).
Washington, D. C. Corcoran Gallery of Art. "Philip Guston," July 20–September 9, 1980, no. 34.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. "Philip Guston," November 12, 1980–January 11, 1981, no. 34.
Denver Art Museum. "Philip Guston," February 25–April 26, 1981, no. 34.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Philip Guston," June 24–September 13, 1981, no. 34.
Columbus. Hoyt L. Sherman Gallery, University Gallery of Fine Art, Ohio State University. "Painters' Painters: Milton Avery, Philip Guston, Giorgio Morandi," March 26–April 15, 1984, no. 9 (lent by David McKee Gallery, New York).
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College. "Philip Guston: Early and Late Works," October 15–November 15, 1987, no. 3-P (lent by the estate of Philip Guston, courtesy David McKee Gallery, New York).
Madrid. Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. "Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura," March 1–May 8, 1989, no. 18 (lent by a private collection, New York).
Barcelona. Palau de la Virreina. "Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura," May 25–July 16, 1989, no. 18.
Saint Louis Art Museum. "Philip Guston: 50 Years of Painting," September 9–October 22, 1989, no catalogue.
Dallas Museum of Art. "Philip Guston: 50 Years of Painting," November 19, 1989–January 14, 1990, no catalogue.
New York. McKee Gallery. "Philip Guston: Paintings from the Fifties," April 22–June 3, 1995, no. 12.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. "Founders and Heirs of the New York School," January 25–March 16, 1997, no. 54 (lent by a private collection, courtesy McKee Gallery, New York).
Sendai. Miyagi Museum of Art. "Founders and Heirs of the New York School," April 5–May 25, 1997, no. 54.
Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki. "Founders and Heirs of the New York School," June 28–August 3, 1997, no. 54.
Kunstmuseum Bonn. "Philip Guston: Gemälde 1947–1979," September 2–November 1, 1999, unnumbered cat. (p. 81; lent by a private collection).
Ottawa. National Gallery of Canada. "Philip Guston: Paintings of Four Decades," May 12–July 30, 2000, unnumbered cat.
Paris. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou. "Philip Guston Peintures 1947–1979," September 13–December 4, 2000, unnumbered cat. (p. 56; lent by a private collection).
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. "Philip Guston Retrospective," March 30–June 8, 2003, unnumbered cat. (pl. 47; lent by a private collection).
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. "Philip Guston Retrospective," June 28–September 27, 2003, unnumbered cat.
London. Royal Academy of Arts. "Philip Guston Retrospective," January 24–April 12, 2004, unnumbered cat.
Hauser & Wirth, New York. "Philip Guston: Painter 1957–1967," April 26–July 29, 2016, unnumbered cat. (p. 49; lent by a private collection).
Haus der Kunst, Munich. "Postwar: Art Between the Pacific and the Atlantic, 1945–1965," October 14, 2016–March 26, 2017, unnumbered cat. (pl. 59; lent by a private collection. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth).
Venice. Gallerie dell'Accademia. "Philip Guston and the Poets," May 10–September 3, 2017, unnumbered cat. (p. 46; lent by a private collection).
Dore Ashton. Philip Guston. New York, 1960, ill. n. p. (color).
Adelyn D. Breeskin. "Trois peintres américains." L'Oeil no. 67–68 (July–August 1960), ill. p. 58.
"Guston Exhibit Draws Acclaim at Janis Gallery." Kingston Daily Freeman (January 11, 1960), p. 14.
Dore Ashton. "Philip Guston." Evergreen Review 4 (September–October 1960), p. 89, ill. n.p. (color).
Sidney Tillim. "Report on the Venice Biennale." Arts 35 (October 1960), ill. p. 33.
Irving Sandler. The Triumph of American Painting: A History of Abstract Expressionism. New York, 1976, pp. 264–65, fig. 19-34.
Ross Feld inPhilip Guston. Exh. cat., San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1980, pp. 20, 130, no. 34, colorpl. 30.
Dore Ashton. "Philip Guston: Different Subjects." Flash Art no. 105 (December 1981–January 1982), ill. p. 20 (color).
Mark Rosenthal inPhilip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura. Exh. cat., Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Madrid, 1989, pp. 48–49, 161, no. 18, ill. p. 61 (color).
Ramon Tio Bellido. "Philip Guston, Figures Fantômes." Beaux Arts Magazine no. 66 (March 1989), ill. p. 47 (color).
Pablo Llorca. "Philip Guston: Un pintor muy visceral." Dunia (July 1989), ill. p. 109.
Per Kirkeby. Turner. Hellerup, Denmark, 1992, ill. pp. 34–35 (color).
Roberta Smith. "A Philip Guston Decade Colored by Red and Pink." New York Times (April 28, 1995), p. C32.
David Reed. "Soul-Beating." Art Journal 69 (Winter 2010), p. 103.
David Sylvester. Ein Gespräch mit Philip Guston. Bern, 2013, fig. 9 (color).
William Eaton. "Guston, Schapiro, Rosenberg,...Dialogue." zeteojournal.com. July 13, 2016, ill. (color), calls it "Untitled (w/'red pants')" in image list.
Steph Eckardt. "Philip Guston's Pivotal Moment." wmagazine.com. April 27, 2016, ill. (color).
Thomas Micchelli. "Flesh and Bones: Philip Guston's 'Thingness'." hyperallergic.com. April 30, 2016.
Robert Storr. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London, 2020, no. 58, ill. p. 74 (color).
Musa Mayer. Philip Guston. London, 2020, p. 40, ill. (color).
Joe Dziemianowicz. "220 Philip Guston Artworks Have a New Home at The Met." barrons.com. December 16, 2022.
Natasha Gural. "Philip Guston's Daughter Donates 220 Artworks and $10 Million to The Met to Advance His Legacy." forbes.com. December 15, 2022, ill. (color).
Alex Greenberger. "Metropolitan Museum to Receive 220-Work Philip Guston Gift from the Artist’s Daughter." artnews.com. December 14, 2022, ill. (color).
"The Met Museum Receives Gift of 220 Philip Guston Works From His Daughter." lavocedinewyork.com. December 14, 2022.
Roberta Smith. "The Philip Guston Hoard: A Boon or Overkill?" nytimes.com. January 23, 2023, ill. (color).
The Guston Foundation, ed. Catalogue Raisonné. Online resource [gustoncrllc.org/home/catalogue_raisonne], 2024–25 (accessed), no. P58.006, ill. (color).
Philip Guston (American (born Canada), Montreal 1913–1980 Woodstock, New York)
1936
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