Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné
Title
Pulpwood Logging (Forestry Building mural, Laconia N.H.)
Date
1941
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
79 x 165 in.200.7 x 419.1 cm
Inscription
signed and dated front lower right: PHILIP GUSTON/1941
Catalogue No.
P41.003
Provenance
Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, 1934-1943
Exhibitions
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH, "WPA in NH: Philip Guston and Musa McKim", September 16, 2021 - December 06, 2021
Bibliography
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, mentioned in text, not illus.
"Work and Play" mural by Phillip Guston for Queensbridge Houses Community Center. Dedication program. New York: Work Projects Administration Arts Program, March 18, 1941, mentioned in text p. 3, not illus.
Omaha World-Herald. "Gains Fame for Murals: Building at Capital Gets Work by Iowan." May 17, 1942, mentioned in text, 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.
Nicholas Serota, ed. Philip Guston: Paintings 1969–1980. Exh. cat. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1982, illus. in b&w p. 59
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston by His Daughter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988, illus. in b&w no. 16 (following p. 18) and mentioned in text pp. 109-111
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston by His Daughter. 1988. Reprint, New York: Penguin, 1990, illus. in b&w no. 16 (following p. 18) and mentioned in text pp. 109-111
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, London: Thames and Hudson, 1991, illus. in b&w no. 16 (following p. 18) and mentioned in text pp. 109-111
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. Reprint, Boston: Da Capo Press, 1997, illus. in b&w no. 16 (following p. 18) and mentioned in text pp. 109-111
Linea y Poesia Philip Guston Musa McKim. Exh. cat. Lanzarote: Fundacion César Manrique, 1998, illus. in b&w p. 22
Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, mentioned in text p. 131, not illus.
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. Hardcover ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in b&w p. 247
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in b&w p. 247
Botelho, Manuel. Guston em contexto: até ao regresso da figura. Lisbon: Livros Vendaval, 2007, mentioned in text p. 47, not illus.
Pfeiffer, Ingrid, and Max Hollein, eds. Philip Guston Das Grosse Spatwerk/Late Works. Exh. cat. Cologne: Strzeleckibooks, 2013, mentioned in text p. 140 (English)/141 (German), not illus.
Miller, Peter Benson, ed. Go Figure! New Perspectives on Guston. New York: American Academy in Rome; New York Review of Books, 2014, mentioned in text p. 41, not illus.
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Munich: Sieveking Verlag; Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2016, illus. no. 58, illus. in b&w p. 152 and mentioned in text pp. 151-155
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: Un ritratto intimo di Philip Guston. Monza: Johan & Levi, 2017, illus. in b&w fig. 6 (following p. 64) and mentioned in text pp. 125-127
Cooper, Harry, Mark Godfrey, Alison de Lima Greene, and Kate Nesin. Philip Guston Now. Exh. cat. Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2020, b&w photograph of Guston working on mural illus. p. 26. Also mentioned in text p. 225
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in b&w p. 287 as part of a photo of Guston and mentioned in text p. 287
Mayer, Musa. Philip Guston. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in color pp. 16-17 and mentioned in text p. 11
New Hampshire Union Leader. "Pair of masterpieces go on view in 'WPA in NH' at Currier Museum of Art. September 29, 2021. Online, illus. in color
Harris, Jackie and Rick Ganley. "How the WPA sustained artists and revitalized New Hampshire's forests during the Great Depression." NHPR, October 20, 2021. Radio transcript, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2023, illus. no. 58, illus. in b&w p. 152 and mentioned in text pp. 151-155
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. 4.15 p. 233
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, mentioned in text p. 198, not illus.
"Work and Play" mural by Phillip Guston for Queensbridge Houses Community Center. Dedication program. New York: Work Projects Administration Arts Program, March 18, 1941, mentioned in text p. 3, not illus.
Omaha World-Herald. "Gains Fame for Murals: Building at Capital Gets Work by Iowan." May 17, 1942, mentioned in text, 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.
Nicholas Serota, ed. Philip Guston: Paintings 1969–1980. Exh. cat. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1982, illus. in b&w p. 59
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston by His Daughter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988, illus. in b&w no. 16 (following p. 18) and mentioned in text pp. 109-111
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston by His Daughter. 1988. Reprint, New York: Penguin, 1990, illus. in b&w no. 16 (following p. 18) and mentioned in text pp. 109-111
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, London: Thames and Hudson, 1991, illus. in b&w no. 16 (following p. 18) and mentioned in text pp. 109-111
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. Reprint, Boston: Da Capo Press, 1997, illus. in b&w no. 16 (following p. 18) and mentioned in text pp. 109-111
Linea y Poesia Philip Guston Musa McKim. Exh. cat. Lanzarote: Fundacion César Manrique, 1998, illus. in b&w p. 22
Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, mentioned in text p. 131, not illus.
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. Hardcover ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in b&w p. 247
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in b&w p. 247
Botelho, Manuel. Guston em contexto: até ao regresso da figura. Lisbon: Livros Vendaval, 2007, mentioned in text p. 47, not illus.
Pfeiffer, Ingrid, and Max Hollein, eds. Philip Guston Das Grosse Spatwerk/Late Works. Exh. cat. Cologne: Strzeleckibooks, 2013, mentioned in text p. 140 (English)/141 (German), not illus.
Miller, Peter Benson, ed. Go Figure! New Perspectives on Guston. New York: American Academy in Rome; New York Review of Books, 2014, mentioned in text p. 41, not illus.
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Munich: Sieveking Verlag; Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2016, illus. no. 58, illus. in b&w p. 152 and mentioned in text pp. 151-155
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: Un ritratto intimo di Philip Guston. Monza: Johan & Levi, 2017, illus. in b&w fig. 6 (following p. 64) and mentioned in text pp. 125-127
Cooper, Harry, Mark Godfrey, Alison de Lima Greene, and Kate Nesin. Philip Guston Now. Exh. cat. Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2020, b&w photograph of Guston working on mural illus. p. 26. Also mentioned in text p. 225
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in b&w p. 287 as part of a photo of Guston and mentioned in text p. 287
Mayer, Musa. Philip Guston. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in color pp. 16-17 and mentioned in text p. 11
New Hampshire Union Leader. "Pair of masterpieces go on view in 'WPA in NH' at Currier Museum of Art. September 29, 2021. Online, illus. in color
Harris, Jackie and Rick Ganley. "How the WPA sustained artists and revitalized New Hampshire's forests during the Great Depression." NHPR, October 20, 2021. Radio transcript, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2023, illus. no. 58, illus. in b&w p. 152 and mentioned in text pp. 151-155
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. 4.15 p. 233
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, mentioned in text p. 198, not illus.
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Title
Pulpwood Logging (Forestry Building mural, Laconia N.H.)
Date
1941
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
79 × 165 in. (200.7 × 419.1 cm)
Inscription
signed and dated front lower right: PHILIP GUSTON/1941
Catalogue Number
P41.003
Provenance
Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, 1934-1943
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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