the artist, Woodstock, N. Y. (1976–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: Paintings 1976," Part I: March 18–April 8, 1977, no. 4 (as "The Floor").
New York. David McKee Gallery. "Philip Guston: Paintings 1976," Part II: April 9–30, 1977, no. 4.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. "Philip Guston," May 16–June 29, 1980, no. 67 (as "The Floor," lent by the artist).
Washington, D. C. Corcoran Gallery of Art. "Philip Guston," July 20–September 9, 1980, no. 67.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. "Philip Guston," November 12, 1980–January 11, 1981, no. 67.
Denver Art Museum. "Philip Guston," February 25–April 26, 1981, no. 67.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Philip Guston," June 24–September 13, 1981, no. 67.
London. Whitechapel Art Gallery. "Philip Guston: Paintings 1969–1980," October 13–December 12, 1982, no. 15 (as "The Floor").
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. "Philip Guston: Paintings 1969–1980," January 13–March 6, 1983, no. 15.
Melbourne. National Gallery of Victoria. "Philip Guston: The Late Works," August 18–September 16, 1984, no. 21 (lent by The Estate of Philip Guston).
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth. "Philip Guston: The Late Works," September 27–October 28, 1984, no. 21.
Sydney. Art Gallery of New South Wales. "Philip Guston: The Late Works," November 8–December 30, 1984, no. 21.
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale. "An American Renaissance: Painting and Sculpture Since 1940," January 12–March 30, 1986, unnumbered cat. (pl. 118; as "The Floor," lent by the Estate of Philip Guston; David McKee Gallery, New York).
Ross Feld inPhilip Guston. Exh. cat., San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1980, pp. 28, 131, colorpl. 57.
Ralph Toucatt. "Metamorphosis: The Art of Philip Guston." Threepenny Review 1 (Fall 1980), p. 24, calls it "The Floor".
David Sweet. "Philip Guston and Beyond." Artscribe (December 1982), p. 24, ill., calls it "The Floor" in the caption.
Joseph Ablow inPhilip Guston: The Late Works. Exh. cat., National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. [Sydney], 1984, ill. p. 23, calls it "The Floor".
Edward F. Fry inPhilip Guston: The Late Works. Exh. cat., National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. [Sydney], 1984, pp. 19, 64, no. 21, ill. p. 36 (color), refers to the work in text as "The Floor".
Joseph Ablow. "Philip Guston: The Last Paintings." Bostonia Magazine 60 (April/May 1986), ill. p. 15 (color), calls it "The Floor".
Kim Levin inAn American Renaissance: Painting and Sculpture Since 1940. Ed. Sam Hunter. Exh. cat., Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale . New York, 1986, pp. 216, 264, colorpl. 118, dates it incorrectly in the essay as from 1978.
Kosme Maria de Barañano inPhilip Guston: La Raiz del Dibujo/Roots of Drawing. Ed. Kosme Maria de Barañano. Exh. cat., Sala Rekalde. Bilbao, 1993, p. 258.
Patrick McGrath. "Philip Guston: Head and Bottle, 1975." Artforum 33 (February 1995), p. 63, calls it "The Floor".
Kevin Power inPicasso, Guston, Miro, de Kooning: In vollkommener Freiheit... Paintings for Themselves: Late Works. Ed. Hanne Zech. Exh. cat., Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen. Munich, 1996, ill. p. 83, calls it "The Floor".
Jonathan Fineberg. Art Since 1940: Strategies of Being. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1995). New York, 2000, p. 412, fig. 12.51, calls it "The Floor".
Christoph Schreier and Michael Semff, ed. Philip Guston: Works on Paper. Exh. cat., Kunstmuseum Bonn. Ostfildern, 2007, p. 212.
Robert Storr. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London, 2020, p. 190, no. 205, ill. p. 193 (color), calls it "The Floor".
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. P76.030, ill. (color).
Philip Guston (American (born Canada), Montreal 1913–1980 Woodstock, New York)
1936
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