Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné
Title
Early Mail Service and the Construction of Railroads
Date
1938
Medium
Casein tempera on gesso
Dimensions
60 x 144 in.152.4 x 365.8 cm
Inscription
Signed front lower right: PHILLIP GUSTON-1938
Catalogue No.
P38.002
Provenance
Commerce Georgia Post Office
Exhibitions
No exhibitions listed
Bibliography
Williams, Gladstone. "Representing Georgia: Pay for Mural." Atlanta Constitution, October 10, 1938, p. 5, mentioned in text, not illus.
Hinkle, Karl. ''Artist Must Bridge Gap Between Artists and Public: Guston Expresses Sentiment of Today's Young American Painter." Daily Iowan, October 9, 1941, p. 4, mural mentioned in text, not illus.
Janson, H. W. "'Martial Memory' by Philip Guston and American Painting Today." Bulletin of the City Art Museum of Saint Louis, December 1942, pp. 34–41, mentioned in text p. 39, not illus.
Austin American. "2nd in Series of Exhibitions Opens Tuesday: Thon, Guston and Shulkin Work to Be Presented." July 30, 1944, mentioned in text, not illus.
Cone, Michèle. The Roots & Routes of Art in the 20th Century. New York: Horizon Press, 1975, mentioned in text p. 171, not illus.
O'Connor, Francis V., ed. "Philip Guston and Political Humanism." In Arts and Architecture in the Service of Politics, edited by Henry A. Milton and Linda Nochlin. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1978, mentioned in text p. 345, not illus.
Hanson, Bernard. "Guston's Fine Lines and Gray Areas." Hartford Courant, August 23, 1981, p. G2, mentioned in text, not illus.
SerraD'Or. "Philip Guston." May 1989, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, mentioned in text p. 130, not illus.
Botelho, Manuel. Guston em contexto: até ao regresso da figura. Lisbon: Livros Vendaval, 2007, mentioned in text pp. 42-43, not illus.
Cheles, Luciano. Milton Glaser nella città di Piero della Francesca. Exh. cat. Italy: Milton Glaser, 2007, illus. in color Fig. 17 and mentioned in text p. 15
Pfeiffer, Ingrid, and Max Hollein, eds. Philip Guston Das Grosse Spatwerk/Late Works. Exh. cat. Cologne: Strzeleckibooks, 2013, mentioned in text p. 140 (English)/139 (German), not illus.
Russeth, Andrew. "Why Saving the USPS Means Saving Iconic American Art." Architectural Digest, August 14, 2020. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in color p. 285 installed on wall of post office
Cooper, Harry, Mark Godfrey, Alison de Lima Greene, and Kate Nesin. Philip Guston Now. Exh. cat. Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2020, mentioned in text p. 225, not illus.
Buffington, Mike. "Commerce artwork has ties to both 1930s and today." Commerce Today (Georgia), Spring 2023, pp. 22-27, illus. in color pp. 22-23
Coolidge, Clark, ed. Philip Guston: Que peindre sinon l'énigme. Translated by Éric Suchère. Strasbourg: L'Atelier Contemporain, 2023, mentioned in text p. 32, not illus.
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. 3.14 p. 178 and mentioned in text pp. 175 and 177
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, mentioned in text p. 198, not illus.
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, mentioned in text p. 198, not illus.
Hinkle, Karl. ''Artist Must Bridge Gap Between Artists and Public: Guston Expresses Sentiment of Today's Young American Painter." Daily Iowan, October 9, 1941, p. 4, mural mentioned in text, not illus.
Janson, H. W. "'Martial Memory' by Philip Guston and American Painting Today." Bulletin of the City Art Museum of Saint Louis, December 1942, pp. 34–41, mentioned in text p. 39, not illus.
Austin American. "2nd in Series of Exhibitions Opens Tuesday: Thon, Guston and Shulkin Work to Be Presented." July 30, 1944, mentioned in text, not illus.
Cone, Michèle. The Roots & Routes of Art in the 20th Century. New York: Horizon Press, 1975, mentioned in text p. 171, not illus.
O'Connor, Francis V., ed. "Philip Guston and Political Humanism." In Arts and Architecture in the Service of Politics, edited by Henry A. Milton and Linda Nochlin. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1978, mentioned in text p. 345, not illus.
Hanson, Bernard. "Guston's Fine Lines and Gray Areas." Hartford Courant, August 23, 1981, p. G2, mentioned in text, not illus.
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Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, mentioned in text p. 130, not illus.
Botelho, Manuel. Guston em contexto: até ao regresso da figura. Lisbon: Livros Vendaval, 2007, mentioned in text pp. 42-43, not illus.
Cheles, Luciano. Milton Glaser nella città di Piero della Francesca. Exh. cat. Italy: Milton Glaser, 2007, illus. in color Fig. 17 and mentioned in text p. 15
Pfeiffer, Ingrid, and Max Hollein, eds. Philip Guston Das Grosse Spatwerk/Late Works. Exh. cat. Cologne: Strzeleckibooks, 2013, mentioned in text p. 140 (English)/139 (German), not illus.
Russeth, Andrew. "Why Saving the USPS Means Saving Iconic American Art." Architectural Digest, August 14, 2020. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in color p. 285 installed on wall of post office
Cooper, Harry, Mark Godfrey, Alison de Lima Greene, and Kate Nesin. Philip Guston Now. Exh. cat. Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2020, mentioned in text p. 225, not illus.
Buffington, Mike. "Commerce artwork has ties to both 1930s and today." Commerce Today (Georgia), Spring 2023, pp. 22-27, illus. in color pp. 22-23
Coolidge, Clark, ed. Philip Guston: Que peindre sinon l'énigme. Translated by Éric Suchère. Strasbourg: L'Atelier Contemporain, 2023, mentioned in text p. 32, not illus.
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. 3.14 p. 178 and mentioned in text pp. 175 and 177
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, mentioned in text p. 198, not illus.
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, mentioned in text p. 198, not illus.
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Title
Early Mail Service and the Construction of Railroads
Date
1938
Medium
Casein tempera on gesso
Dimensions
60 × 144 in. (152.4 × 365.8 cm)
Inscription
Signed front lower right: PHILLIP GUSTON-1938
Catalogue Number
P38.002
Provenance
Commerce Georgia Post Office
Exhibitions
No exhibitions listed
Bibliography
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