Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné

Title
Autumn
Date
1950
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
16⅝ x 22½ in.42.2 x 57.2 cm
Inscription
Signed and dated front lower left: Philip Guston 1950; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "AUTUMN" [underlined] 1950/ 16 1/2 x 22/ FIRMLY N.F.S.
Catalogue No.
Temporary# D500001
Status
Catalogue entry in process.
Provenance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Stephanie Bernheim, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2020
Private Collection, NYC
Exhibitions
Hayden Gallery, Cambridge, MA, "Drawings by Five Abstract Expressionist Painters, Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Philip Guston, Franz Kline, Jackson Pollock", February 21, 1975 - March 26, 1975
David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Drawings 1947-1977", October 03, 1978 - November 04, 1978
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", May 15, 1980 - June 29, 1980
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "The Drawings of Philip Guston", September 07, 1988 - November 01, 1988
Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, NY, "Raoul Hague, Arshile Gorky, Bradley Walker Tomlin, Philip Guston: An Exhibition in Memory of Raoul Hague", February 01, 1994 - February 26, 1994
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL, "Drawings by Five Abstract Expressionist Painters, Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Philip Guston, Franz Kline, Jackson Pollock", January 10, 1976 - February 29, 1976
David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Drawings 1947-1977", October 03, 1978 - November 04, 1978
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", May 15, 1980 - June 29, 1980
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", July 20, 1980 - September 09, 1980
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL, "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", November 12, 1980 - January 11, 1981
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", February 25, 1981 - April 26, 1981
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", June 30, 1981 - September 13, 1981
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "The Drawings of Philip Guston", September 07, 1988 - November 01, 1988
Museum Overholland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, "Philip Guston" (The Drawings of Philip Guston), January 14, 1989 - March 12, 1989
Centre Cultural de la Fundació Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona, Spain, "Dibuixos: Philip Guston", March 30, 1989 - May 14, 1989
Museum of Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, England, "The Drawings of Philip Guston", May 28, 1989 - July 23, 1989
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, "The Drawings of Philip Guston", August 09, 1989 - September 16, 1989
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Italy, "Philip Guston: Opere Su Carta 1933-1980", October 11, 1989 - November 26, 1989
Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, NY, "Raoul Hague, Arshile Gorky, Bradley Walker Tomlin, Philip Guston: An Exhibition in Memory of Raoul Hague", February 01, 1994 - February 26, 1994
Bibliography
C[reeley], R[obert]. "Philip Guston: A Note." Black Mountain Review, Spring 1956, pp. 170–74, illus. in b&w p. 174 (unpaginated)
Drawings by Five Abstract Expressionist Painters. Exh. cat. Cambridge: MIT Committee on the Visual Arts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975, cat. no. 69, illus. in b&w p. 70
Drawings by Five Abstract Expressionist Painters: Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Philip Guston, Franz Kline, Jackson Pollock. Exh. cat. Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1976, unnumbered catalog, not illus., listed as "Autumn"
Drogseth, Dennis. "Philip Guston drawings: 'Some artists have the capacity for imaginative projection.'" Woodstock Times, October 26, 1978, pp. 8–9, mentioned in text p. 8, not illus.
Philip Guston: Drawings 1947–1977. Exh. cat. New York: David McKee Gallery, 1978, cat. no. 9, illus. in b&w
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: George Braziller, 1980, cat. no. 18, not illus.
Philip Guston: The Late Works. Exh. cat. Melbourne: The National Gallery of Victoria, 1984, illus. in b&w p. 16
Dabrowski, Magdalena. The Drawings of Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1988, cat. no. 19, illus. in b&w p. 66 and mentioned in text pp. 22 and 39
Kies, Emily Bardack. "The Drawings of Philip Guston." The Museum of Modern Art. Gallery guide. New York, 1988, illus. in b&w and mentioned in text, no page #
SerraD'Or. "Philip Guston." May 1989, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston, Opere Su Carta 1933–1980. Exh. cat. Milan: Electa, 1989, cat. no. 16, illus. in b&w p. 66
Kies, Emily Bardack. "Philip Guston." Museum Overholland. Exh. brochure. 1989, illus. in b&w and mentioned in text, no page #
Dabrowski, Magdalena. Dibuixos Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Barcelona: Fundacio Caixa de Pensions, 1989, cat. no. 19 illus. in b&w p. 86
Kingsley, April. The Turning Point: The Abstract Expressionists and the Transformation of American Art. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992, illus. in b&w p. 329 (listed as "Autumn #18)
Schreier, Christoph, Michael Auping, and Martin Hentschel. Philip Guston: Gemalde 1947–1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 1999, illus. in b&w p. 36 (Michael Auping essay)
Ottinger, Didier, and Philip Roth. Philip Guston: Peintures 1947–1979. Exh. cat. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 2000, illus. in b&w p. 83
Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, illus. in b&w p. 36
Philip Guston Peintures 1947-1979. Exh. brochure. Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2000, illus. in b&w no. 2
Ottinger, Didier. La Trahison de Philip Guston. Paris: L'Echoppe, 2000, illus. in b&w p. 9
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, mentioned in text p. 200, not illus.
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, mentioned in text p. 200, not illus.
Drawings by Five Abstract Expressionist Painters. Exh. cat. Cambridge: MIT Committee on the Visual Arts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975, cat. no. 69, illus. in b&w p. 70
Drawings by Five Abstract Expressionist Painters: Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Philip Guston, Franz Kline, Jackson Pollock. Exh. cat. Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1976, unnumbered catalog, not illus., listed as "Autumn"
Drogseth, Dennis. "Philip Guston drawings: 'Some artists have the capacity for imaginative projection.'" Woodstock Times, October 26, 1978, pp. 8–9, mentioned in text p. 8, not illus.
Philip Guston: Drawings 1947–1977. Exh. cat. New York: David McKee Gallery, 1978, cat. no. 9, illus. in b&w
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: George Braziller, 1980, cat. no. 18, not illus.
Philip Guston: The Late Works. Exh. cat. Melbourne: The National Gallery of Victoria, 1984, illus. in b&w p. 16
Dabrowski, Magdalena. The Drawings of Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1988, cat. no. 19, illus. in b&w p. 66 and mentioned in text pp. 22 and 39
Kies, Emily Bardack. "The Drawings of Philip Guston." The Museum of Modern Art. Gallery guide. New York, 1988, illus. in b&w and mentioned in text, no page #
Serra
Philip Guston, Opere Su Carta 1933–1980. Exh. cat. Milan: Electa, 1989, cat. no. 16, illus. in b&w p. 66
Kies, Emily Bardack. "Philip Guston." Museum Overholland. Exh. brochure. 1989, illus. in b&w and mentioned in text, no page #
Dabrowski, Magdalena. Dibuixos Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Barcelona: Fundacio Caixa de Pensions, 1989, cat. no. 19 illus. in b&w p. 86
Kingsley, April. The Turning Point: The Abstract Expressionists and the Transformation of American Art. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992, illus. in b&w p. 329 (listed as "Autumn #18)
Schreier, Christoph, Michael Auping, and Martin Hentschel. Philip Guston: Gemalde 1947–1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 1999, illus. in b&w p. 36 (Michael Auping essay)
Ottinger, Didier, and Philip Roth. Philip Guston: Peintures 1947–1979. Exh. cat. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 2000, illus. in b&w p. 83
Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, illus. in b&w p. 36
Philip Guston Peintures 1947-1979. Exh. brochure. Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2000, illus. in b&w no. 2
Ottinger, Didier. La Trahison de Philip Guston. Paris: L'Echoppe, 2000, illus. in b&w p. 9
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, mentioned in text p. 200, not illus.
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, mentioned in text p. 200, not illus.
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Title
Autumn
Date
1950
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
16⅝ × 22½ in. (42.2 × 57.2 cm)
Inscription
Signed and dated front lower left: Philip Guston 1950; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "AUTUMN" [underlined] 1950/ 16 1/2 x 22/ FIRMLY N.F.S.
Catalogue Number
Temporary# D500001
Status
Catalogue entry in process. More Information
Provenance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Stephanie Bernheim, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2020
Private Collection, NYC
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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