Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné
Title
Study for Early Mail Service and the Construction of Railroads
Date
1938
Medium
Tempera on illustration board
Dimensions
12 x 26 in.30.5 x 66.0 cm
Inscription
Signature unconfirmed
Catalogue No.
P38.001
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Internal Revenue Service through the General Services Administration
Internal Revenue Service, General Services Administration
Exhibitions
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, "Loan Exhibition of Mural Designs for Federal Buildings from the Section of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C.", February 27, 1940 - March 17, 1940
National Archives, Washington, D.C., "Heritage of American Art", November 1971 - January 1972
Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany, "American Realism, 1920-1940", November 09, 1980 - December 28, 1980
National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. , "Special Delivery: Murals for the New Deal Era", January 15, 1988 - September 11, 1988
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, "Loan Exhibition of Mural Designs for Federal Buildings from the Section of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C.", April 19, 1940 - May 06, 1940
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, "Loan Exhibition of Mural Designs for Federal Buildings from the Section of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C.", May 1940
Art Association of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada, "Loan Exhibition of Mural Designs for Federal Buildings from the Section of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C.", June 1940
Art Gallery at the Auditorium, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, "Loan Exhibition of Mural Designs for Federal Buildings from the Section of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C.", July 1940
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, "Loan Exhibition of Mural Designs for Federal Buildings from the Section of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C.", circa August 1940
National Archives, Washington, D.C., "Heritage of American Art", November 1971 - January 1972
Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany, "American Realism, 1920-1940", November 09, 1980 - December 28, 1980
National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. , "Special Delivery: Murals for the New Deal Era", January 15, 1988 - September 11, 1988
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, FL, "Special Delivery: Murals for the New Deal Era", December 03, 1989 - January 28, 1990
Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, "Special Delivery: Murals for the New Deal Era", March 03, 1990 - May 06, 1990
Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA, "Special Delivery: Murals for the New Deal Era", June 03, 1990 - July 29, 1990
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL, "Special Delivery: Murals for the New Deal Era", September 02, 1990 - October 28, 1990
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA, "Special Delivery: Murals for the New Deal Era", December 01, 1990 - January 27, 1991
Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL, "Special Delivery: Murals for the New Deal Era", February 24, 1991 - May 05, 1991
Bibliography
Loan Exhibition of Mural Designs for Federal Buildings from the Section of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940, cat. no. 79, not illus.
Mural Designs For Federal Buildings From The Section of Fine Arts Washington D.C. Exh. cat. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1940, cat. no. 61, not illus.
Descriptive Catalogue of Painting and Sculpture in the National Museum of American Art. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1983, mentioned in text p. 84, not illus.
Eaton, William. "Guston, Schapiro, Rosenberg,...Dialogue." Zeteo Journal, July 13, 2016. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Dunbar, Max. "The Daily Struggle: Philip Guston and American Art in the 1930s." PhD diss. Washington University in St. Louis, 2024, illus. in color Fig. 3.15 p. 178
Murphy, John P. New Deal Art: Culture and Crisis in the Great Depression. London: Thames & Hudson, 2025, illus. no. 44, illus. in color p. 62 and mentioned in text pp. 61-62
Mural Designs For Federal Buildings From The Section of Fine Arts Washington D.C. Exh. cat. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1940, cat. no. 61, not illus.
Descriptive Catalogue of Painting and Sculpture in the National Museum of American Art. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1983, mentioned in text p. 84, not illus.
Eaton, William. "Guston, Schapiro, Rosenberg,...Dialogue." Zeteo Journal, July 13, 2016. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Dunbar, Max. "The Daily Struggle: Philip Guston and American Art in the 1930s." PhD diss. Washington University in St. Louis, 2024, illus. in color Fig. 3.15 p. 178
Murphy, John P. New Deal Art: Culture and Crisis in the Great Depression. London: Thames & Hudson, 2025, illus. no. 44, illus. in color p. 62 and mentioned in text pp. 61-62
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Title
Study for Early Mail Service and the Construction of Railroads
Date
1938
Medium
Tempera on illustration board
Dimensions
12 × 26 in. (30.5 × 66.0 cm)
Inscription
Signature unconfirmed
Catalogue Number
P38.001
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Internal Revenue Service through the General Services Administration
Internal Revenue Service, General Services Administration
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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