Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): Philip Guston '68
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)
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "The Drawings of Philip Guston," September 8–November 1, 1988, no. 77 (lent by a private collection, New York).
Amsterdam. Museum Overholland. "Philip Guston (The Drawings of Philip Guston)," January 14–March 12, 1989, no. 77.
Barcelona. Centre Cultural de la Fundació Caixa de Pensions. "Dibuixos: Philip Guston," March 30–May 14, 1989, no. 77.
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. "The Drawings of Philip Guston," May 28–July 23, 1989, no. 77.
Dublin. Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College. "The Drawings of Philip Guston," August 9–September 16, 1989, no. 77.
Rome. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. "Philip Guston: Opere Su Carta 1933–1980," October 11–November 26, 1989, no. 62 (lent by a private collection, New York).
New York. McKee Gallery. "Philip Guston: Drawings 1968-71 Hoods," September 20–October 19, 1991.
Bilbao. Sala Rekalde. "Philip Guston: La Raiz del Dibujo / Roots of Drawing," May 11–June 30, 1993, no. 66 (as "Sin título [Untitled]," lent by a private collection).
Kunstmuseum Bonn. "Philip Guston: Works on Paper," March 1–May 20, 2007.
Humlebæk. Louisiana Museum. "Philip Guston: Works on Paper," May 31–August 26, 2007.
Vienna. Albertina. "Philip Guston: Works on Paper," September 7–November 25, 2007.
Munich. Pinakothek der Moderne. "Philip Guston: Works on Paper," December 13, 2007–March 2, 2008.
New York. Morgan Library and Museum. "Philip Guston: Works on Paper," May 2–August 31, 2008.
Magdalena Dabrowski. The Drawings of Philip Guston. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1988, pp. 34, 174, no. 77, ill. p. 107.
Roberta Smith. "Retrospective Covers Guston's Two Careers." New York Times (September 9, 1988), ill. p. C1.
Marjorie Welish. Signifying Art: Essays on Art after 1960. Cambridge, 1999, p. 146, ill. p. 147, reprints Ref. Welish 1988.
Richard Lacayo. "The Drawings of Philip Guston." entertainment.time.com. May 1, 2008, ill. (color).
Lance Esplund. "Guston Times Two." New York Sun (May 1, 2008), ill. p. 15.
Isabelle Dervaux. "Drawing from the Centre: An Overdue Retrospective of Philip Guston's Works on Paper Charts a Painter's Journey Towards Despair." Art World no. 5 (June/July 2008), p. 24, ill. (color).
"The Man Who Changed His Mind." Economist (May 10, 2008), ill. p. 109 (color).
Karen Wilkin. "Philip Guston: Full Circle." Hopkins Review 7 (Fall 2014), ill. p. 512.
Robert Storr. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London, 2020, no. 317, ill. p. 260 (color).
Musa Mayer. Philip Guston. London, 2020, ill. p. 67 (color).
Philip Guston (American (born Canada), Montreal 1913–1980 Woodstock, New York)
1936
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