Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné
Title
Self Portrait
Date
1944
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
26 x 18 in.66.0 x 45.7 cm
Inscription
Unsigned, undated
Catalogue No.
P44.002
Provenance
Promised gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibitions
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA, "Philip Guston: Working Through the Forties", January 25, 1997 - March 16, 1997
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy, "Philip Guston and the Poets", May 10, 2017 - September 03, 2017
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston Now", May 01, 2022 - September 11, 2022
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC, "Philip Guston: Working Through the Forties", April 09, 1997 - June 29, 1997
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY, "Philip Guston: Working Through the Forties", November 15, 1997 - January 04, 1998
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy, "Philip Guston and the Poets", May 10, 2017 - September 03, 2017
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
Bibliography
Zaller, Robert. "Philip Guston and the Crisis of the Image." Critical Inquiry 14, no. 1 (1987): pp. 69–94, mentioned in footnote 7 p. 75, not illus.
Patterson, Tom. "Guston's '40s Works Frame His Future." Charlotte Observer, May 18, 1997, section Arts & Entertainment, pp 1F & 4F, mentioned in text p. 4F, not illus.
Philip Guston: Working Through the Forties. Exh. cat. Iowa City: University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1997, Paintings cat. no. 6, illus. in color p. 26, listed as having been done ca. 1944
Shoemaker, Innis Howe. Adventures in Modern Art: The Charles K. Williams II Collection. Exh. cat. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2009, mentioned in footnote 5 p. 169, not illus.
Coolidge, Clark, ed. Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011, illus. in b&w p. 9
Sylvester, David. Ein Gespräch mit Philip Guston. NichtSoKleineBibliothek 8. Bern: Piet Meyer Verlag, 2013, illus. in color p. 26, illus. no. 7
Lucarelli, Niccolo. "Dal Rinascimento a Bukowski. Philip Guston pittore-poeta a Venezia." ArtsLife (Milan), May 11, 2017. Online, illus. in color
Wullschläger, Jackie. "Star-spangled biennale: Americans shine in Venice." Financial Times (London), May 12, 2017, section Visual Arts. Online, illus. in color
Wullschläger, Jackie. "Star-spangled biennale: Americans shine in Venice." Financial Times (London), May 13/14, 2017, section Arts, p. 12, illus. in color
Art It. "Philip Guston and the Poets @ Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia." May 25, 2017. Online, illus. in color
Philip Guston & The Poets. Exh. cat. Essay by Kosme de Barañano. Hauser & Wirth, 2017, illus. in color p. 24
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 21 p. 38 and mentioned in text pp. 28 and 186
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 18 illus. in color p. 31, illus. in b&W as part of a photo of Guston's studio and mentioned in text p. 30
Cotter, Holland. "After a Tempest, Philip Guston Shines in a Show True to His Spirit." New York Times, April 28, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text
Cotter, Holland. "True to His Ferocious Spirit." New York Times, April 29, 2022, pp. C1, C14, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Saccocia, Susan. "Spotlight Review: Philip Guston Now." Art New England, July/August 2022. Print, mentioned in text, not illus.
González, Rosa Boshier. "Philip Guston Now." Brooklyn Rail, December 2022-January 2023. Online, mentioned in text incorrectly as being from 1941, not illus.
González, Rosa Boshier. "Philip Guston." Brooklyn Rail, December/January 2022/23, pp. 57-58, mentioned in text p. 57, not illus.
Bui, Phong. "Philip Guston Now—A Personal Meditation." Brooklyn Rail, May 2023. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text
Bui, Phong. "Philip Guston Now—A Personal Meditation." Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2023, pp. 48-49, mentioned in text p. 48, not illus.
Nelson, Saul. "Insomniac Visions." Sidecar (NLR blog), November 24, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Coolidge, Clark, ed. Philip Guston: Que peindre sinon l'énigme. Translated by Éric Suchère. Strasbourg: L'Atelier Contemporain, 2023, illus. in color no. 5 (unpaginated)
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 20 illus. in color p. 32 and mentioned in text p. 29
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 20 illus. in color p. 32 and mentioned in text p. 29
Patterson, Tom. "Guston's '40s Works Frame His Future." Charlotte Observer, May 18, 1997, section Arts & Entertainment, pp 1F & 4F, mentioned in text p. 4F, not illus.
Philip Guston: Working Through the Forties. Exh. cat. Iowa City: University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1997, Paintings cat. no. 6, illus. in color p. 26, listed as having been done ca. 1944
Shoemaker, Innis Howe. Adventures in Modern Art: The Charles K. Williams II Collection. Exh. cat. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2009, mentioned in footnote 5 p. 169, not illus.
Coolidge, Clark, ed. Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011, illus. in b&w p. 9
Sylvester, David. Ein Gespräch mit Philip Guston. NichtSoKleineBibliothek 8. Bern: Piet Meyer Verlag, 2013, illus. in color p. 26, illus. no. 7
Lucarelli, Niccolo. "Dal Rinascimento a Bukowski. Philip Guston pittore-poeta a Venezia." ArtsLife (Milan), May 11, 2017. Online, illus. in color
Wullschläger, Jackie. "Star-spangled biennale: Americans shine in Venice." Financial Times (London), May 12, 2017, section Visual Arts. Online, illus. in color
Wullschläger, Jackie. "Star-spangled biennale: Americans shine in Venice." Financial Times (London), May 13/14, 2017, section Arts, p. 12, illus. in color
Art It. "Philip Guston and the Poets @ Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia." May 25, 2017. Online, illus. in color
Philip Guston & The Poets. Exh. cat. Essay by Kosme de Barañano. Hauser & Wirth, 2017, illus. in color p. 24
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 21 p. 38 and mentioned in text pp. 28 and 186
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 18 illus. in color p. 31, illus. in b&W as part of a photo of Guston's studio and mentioned in text p. 30
Cotter, Holland. "After a Tempest, Philip Guston Shines in a Show True to His Spirit." New York Times, April 28, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text
Cotter, Holland. "True to His Ferocious Spirit." New York Times, April 29, 2022, pp. C1, C14, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Saccocia, Susan. "Spotlight Review: Philip Guston Now." Art New England, July/August 2022. Print, mentioned in text, not illus.
González, Rosa Boshier. "Philip Guston Now." Brooklyn Rail, December 2022-January 2023. Online, mentioned in text incorrectly as being from 1941, not illus.
González, Rosa Boshier. "Philip Guston." Brooklyn Rail, December/January 2022/23, pp. 57-58, mentioned in text p. 57, not illus.
Bui, Phong. "Philip Guston Now—A Personal Meditation." Brooklyn Rail, May 2023. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text
Bui, Phong. "Philip Guston Now—A Personal Meditation." Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2023, pp. 48-49, mentioned in text p. 48, not illus.
Nelson, Saul. "Insomniac Visions." Sidecar (NLR blog), November 24, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Coolidge, Clark, ed. Philip Guston: Que peindre sinon l'énigme. Translated by Éric Suchère. Strasbourg: L'Atelier Contemporain, 2023, illus. in color no. 5 (unpaginated)
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 20 illus. in color p. 32 and mentioned in text p. 29
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 20 illus. in color p. 32 and mentioned in text p. 29
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Title
Self Portrait
Date
1944
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
26 × 18 in. (66.0 × 45.7 cm)
Inscription
Unsigned, undated
Catalogue Number
P44.002
Provenance
Promised gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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