Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné
Title
Untitled (Nail)
Date
1968
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
12 x 14 in.30.5 x 35.6 cm
Inscription
Unsigned, undated
Catalogue No.
P68.062
Provenance
Promised gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibitions
Whitechapel Gallery, London, England, "Philip Guston: Paintings 1969 - 1980", October 13, 1982 - December 12, 1982
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, "Philip Guston: The Late Works", August 17, 1984 - September 16, 1984
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, "Philip Guston: A New Alphabet, The Late Transition", April 25, 2000 - July 30, 2000
McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Small Oils on Panels 1969-1973", November 05, 2009 - January 09, 2010
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, "Philip Guston - das große Spätwerk", November 06, 2013 - February 02, 2014
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston Now", May 01, 2022 - September 11, 2022
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: The Panel Paintings, 1968-1972", April 12, 2024 - April 12, 2026
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, "Philip Guston: Schilderijen 1969 - 1980", January 13, 1983 - February 27, 1983
Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland, "Philip Guston: Paintings 1969 - 1980", May 08, 1983 - June 19, 1983
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, "Philip Guston: The Late Works", August 17, 1984 - September 16, 1984
The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, "Philip Guston: The Late Works", September 26, 1984 - October 28, 1984
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, "Philip Guston: The Late Works", November 09, 1984 - January 01, 1985
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, "Philip Guston: A New Alphabet, The Late Transition", April 25, 2000 - July 30, 2000
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, "Philip Guston: A New Alphabet, The Late Transition", September 23, 2000 - February 04, 2001
McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Small Oils on Panels 1969-1973", November 05, 2009 - January 09, 2010
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, "Philip Guston - das große Spätwerk", November 06, 2013 - February 02, 2014
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany, "Philip Guston - Das Grosse Spätwerk", February 22, 2014 - May 25, 2014
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, "Painting, Smoking, Eating - Late works by Philip Guston", June 04, 2014 - September 07, 2014
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston Now", May 01, 2022 - September 11, 2022
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX, "Philip Guston Now", October 23, 2022 - January 15, 2023
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., "Philip Guston Now", March 02, 2023 - August 27, 2023
Tate Modern, London, England, "Philip Guston", October 05, 2023 - February 25, 2024
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: The Panel Paintings, 1968-1972", April 12, 2024 - April 12, 2026
Bibliography
Nicholas Serota, ed. Philip Guston: Paintings 1969–1980. Exh. cat. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1982, cat. no. 1.B., not illus.
Cramer, Sue. "Guston's Heroic Calm in the Face of the Last Gasp of Modernism." Age (Melbourne), September 5, 1984, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: The Late Works. Exh. cat. Melbourne: The National Gallery of Victoria, 1984, cat. no. 3, not illus., listed as "Nail"
Weber, Joanna, Harry Cooper, and Laura Greengold. Philip Guston A New Alphabet: The Late Transition. Exh. cat. New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2000, illus. in color Plate 36
"Philip Guston Paintings." Harvard Review, no. 34 (2008): pp. 44–55, illus. in b&w p. 51
Zaller, Robert. "Guston Miniatures, in New York." Broad Street Review, November 28, 2009. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: Small Oils on Panel 1969–1973. Exh. cat. New York: McKee Gallery, 2009, cat. no. 15, illus. in color (no page #)
Reed, David. "Soul-Beating." Art Journal 69, no. 4 (2010): pp. 96–107, illus. in color p. 105
Pfeiffer, Ingrid, and Max Hollein, eds. Philip Guston Das Grosse Spatwerk/Late Works. Exh. cat. Cologne: Strzeleckibooks, 2013, illus. in color p. 87
Philip Guston. Das Grosse Spätwerk/ Late Works. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, November 5, 2013. Video, illus. in color
Mousse. "Philip Guston 'Late Works' at Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt." January 16, 2014. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Baker, E. "Frankfurt—Philip Guston: 'Late Works' at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt through February 2nd 2014." AO Art Observed, January 18, 2014. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Cooper, Harry, Mark Godfrey, Alison de Lima Greene, and Kate Nesin. Philip Guston Now. Exh. cat. Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2020, illus. in color Plate 91 p. 98
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 100 illus. in color p. 108
Bowen, Jared. 'Philip Guston Now' portrays art of controversial and confrontational painter. Washington D.C.: PBS News Hour, May 12, 2022. Video, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Colucci, Emily. "'Philip Guston Now' is an Unintentionally Perfect Satire of Contemporary Liberal Cultural Politics." filthy dreams, May 23, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Allen, Brian T. "Philip Guston Now, Delayed by Race Hysteria, Finally Gets Its Day." National Review, October 1, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Fielder, Garland. "Review: 'Philip Guston Now' at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston." Glasstire (Texas), December 6, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Bui, Phong. "Philip Guston Now—A Personal Meditation." Brooklyn Rail, May 2023. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Haidu, Rachel. Each One Another: The Self in Contemporary Art. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2023, illus. in color p. 44 and mentioned in text pp. 44-45
Guston, Musa McKim. Life with P. Journals, 1966-1976. Edited by Musa Mayer. Hauser & Wirth, 2026, mentioned in text p. 335, not illus.
Cramer, Sue. "Guston's Heroic Calm in the Face of the Last Gasp of Modernism." Age (Melbourne), September 5, 1984, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: The Late Works. Exh. cat. Melbourne: The National Gallery of Victoria, 1984, cat. no. 3, not illus., listed as "Nail"
Weber, Joanna, Harry Cooper, and Laura Greengold. Philip Guston A New Alphabet: The Late Transition. Exh. cat. New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2000, illus. in color Plate 36
"Philip Guston Paintings." Harvard Review, no. 34 (2008): pp. 44–55, illus. in b&w p. 51
Zaller, Robert. "Guston Miniatures, in New York." Broad Street Review, November 28, 2009. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: Small Oils on Panel 1969–1973. Exh. cat. New York: McKee Gallery, 2009, cat. no. 15, illus. in color (no page #)
Reed, David. "Soul-Beating." Art Journal 69, no. 4 (2010): pp. 96–107, illus. in color p. 105
Pfeiffer, Ingrid, and Max Hollein, eds. Philip Guston Das Grosse Spatwerk/Late Works. Exh. cat. Cologne: Strzeleckibooks, 2013, illus. in color p. 87
Philip Guston. Das Grosse Spätwerk/ Late Works. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, November 5, 2013. Video, illus. in color
Mousse. "Philip Guston 'Late Works' at Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt." January 16, 2014. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Baker, E. "Frankfurt—Philip Guston: 'Late Works' at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt through February 2nd 2014." AO Art Observed, January 18, 2014. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Cooper, Harry, Mark Godfrey, Alison de Lima Greene, and Kate Nesin. Philip Guston Now. Exh. cat. Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2020, illus. in color Plate 91 p. 98
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 100 illus. in color p. 108
Bowen, Jared. 'Philip Guston Now' portrays art of controversial and confrontational painter. Washington D.C.: PBS News Hour, May 12, 2022. Video, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Colucci, Emily. "'Philip Guston Now' is an Unintentionally Perfect Satire of Contemporary Liberal Cultural Politics." filthy dreams, May 23, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Allen, Brian T. "Philip Guston Now, Delayed by Race Hysteria, Finally Gets Its Day." National Review, October 1, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Fielder, Garland. "Review: 'Philip Guston Now' at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston." Glasstire (Texas), December 6, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Bui, Phong. "Philip Guston Now—A Personal Meditation." Brooklyn Rail, May 2023. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Haidu, Rachel. Each One Another: The Self in Contemporary Art. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2023, illus. in color p. 44 and mentioned in text pp. 44-45
Guston, Musa McKim. Life with P. Journals, 1966-1976. Edited by Musa Mayer. Hauser & Wirth, 2026, mentioned in text p. 335, not illus.
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Title
Untitled (Nail)
Date
1968
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
12 × 14 in. (30.5 × 35.6 cm)
Inscription
Unsigned, undated
Catalogue Number
P68.062
Provenance
Promised gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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