Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné
Title
Stationary Figure
Date
1973
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
77¼ x 128¼ in.196.2 x 325.8 cm
Inscription
Signed front lower center: Philip Guston
Catalogue No.
P73.029
Provenance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Musa Guston, 1992
Exhibitions
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston: New Paintings", March 15, 1974 - April 14, 1974
David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", November 15, 1974 - December 18, 1974
David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", November 15, 1974 - December 18, 1974
Bibliography
Levin, Dan. "Guston Art in the Pink." News, March 21, 1974, p. 5, mentioned in text, not illus.
Larson, Kay. "From Abstraction to the Absurd: The Transformation of Philip Guston." Real Paper, April 3, 1974, pp. 20–21, illus. in b&w p. 21
Levin, Sondra. "Guston Works Displayed in SFAA; Visions of Forms, Tales of Feelings." Daily Free Press (Boston, MA), April 9, 1974, illus. in b&w
Baker, Kenneth. "Review of Exhibitions: Boston, Philip Guston at Boston University." Art in America, May–June 1974, p. 115, illus. in b&w p. 114
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: David McKee Gallery, 1974, cat. no. 14, not illus.
Philip Guston New Paintings. Exh. cat. Boston: Boston University, 1974, cat. no. 13, illus. in b&w unnumbered page
Coolidge, Clark. "Clark Coolidge Class 1." Naropa Institute Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Boulder, July 1, 1980, Audio recording, mentioned and read poem inspired by it
"Portfolio and Documents: Philip Guston." TO: A Journal of Poetry, Prose & the Visual Arts 2, no. 3–4 (1994): pp. 159–206, illus. in b&w p. 173
Smith, Roberta. "Time, the Infinite Storyteller." The New York Times, December 31, 2009. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Smith, Roberta. "Time, the Infinite Storyteller." The New York Times, January 1, 2010, p. C25, mentioned in text
Saltz, Jerry. "A Grand Tour: My Favorite Paintings in New York..." New York, August 9–16, 2010, illus. in color p. 65
Radell, Thaddeus. "Philip Guston: A Problematic Centennial." Painting Perceptions. Blog. April 2, 2013. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Wolin, Joseph. "Painting the Town Rad," Time Out New York, March 5–11, 2015, illus. in color p. 14
The Artist Project: Why John Baldessari thinks Philip Guston's "Stationary Figure" is courageous. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015. Video, illus. in color and details illus. in color
Philip Guston & The Poets. Exh. cat. Essay by Kosme de Barañano. Hauser & Wirth, 2017, mentioned in text p. 78, not illus.
Time Out New York. "The 100 best paintings in New York." January 24, 2019. Online, illus. in color
Hollein, Max. Modern and Contemporary Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019, illus. in color p. 132
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 p. 163 and mentioned in text p. 163
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in color p. 323 as part of a photo with Philip Roth and illus. in color p. 324 as part of an installation photo
Art=: Discovering Infinite Connections in Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020, illus. in color p. 039
Coolidge, Clark. 16 Poems for Philip Guston. with an afterword by Rachael Guynn Wilson. Portland: Container Corps, 2021, illus. in color opposite p. 13
Street, Benjamin James. "Painting Floods: History, Witness and Public Address in Philip Guston's Late Work." PhD diss. University of Easy Anglia, 2024, illus. in color no. 69 p. 235 and mentioned in text pp. 105 and 114
Claudia Castellucci: Sahara Il deserto come condizione. Cesena: Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio, 2025, illus. in color pp. 6-7
Larson, Kay. "From Abstraction to the Absurd: The Transformation of Philip Guston." Real Paper, April 3, 1974, pp. 20–21, illus. in b&w p. 21
Levin, Sondra. "Guston Works Displayed in SFAA; Visions of Forms, Tales of Feelings." Daily Free Press (Boston, MA), April 9, 1974, illus. in b&w
Baker, Kenneth. "Review of Exhibitions: Boston, Philip Guston at Boston University." Art in America, May–June 1974, p. 115, illus. in b&w p. 114
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: David McKee Gallery, 1974, cat. no. 14, not illus.
Philip Guston New Paintings. Exh. cat. Boston: Boston University, 1974, cat. no. 13, illus. in b&w unnumbered page
Coolidge, Clark. "Clark Coolidge Class 1." Naropa Institute Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Boulder, July 1, 1980, Audio recording, mentioned and read poem inspired by it
"Portfolio and Documents: Philip Guston." TO: A Journal of Poetry, Prose & the Visual Arts 2, no. 3–4 (1994): pp. 159–206, illus. in b&w p. 173
Smith, Roberta. "Time, the Infinite Storyteller." The New York Times, December 31, 2009. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Smith, Roberta. "Time, the Infinite Storyteller." The New York Times, January 1, 2010, p. C25, mentioned in text
Saltz, Jerry. "A Grand Tour: My Favorite Paintings in New York..." New York, August 9–16, 2010, illus. in color p. 65
Radell, Thaddeus. "Philip Guston: A Problematic Centennial." Painting Perceptions. Blog. April 2, 2013. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Wolin, Joseph. "Painting the Town Rad," Time Out New York, March 5–11, 2015, illus. in color p. 14
The Artist Project: Why John Baldessari thinks Philip Guston's "Stationary Figure" is courageous. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015. Video, illus. in color and details illus. in color
Philip Guston & The Poets. Exh. cat. Essay by Kosme de Barañano. Hauser & Wirth, 2017, mentioned in text p. 78, not illus.
Time Out New York. "The 100 best paintings in New York." January 24, 2019. Online, illus. in color
Hollein, Max. Modern and Contemporary Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019, illus. in color p. 132
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 p. 163 and mentioned in text p. 163
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in color p. 323 as part of a photo with Philip Roth and illus. in color p. 324 as part of an installation photo
Art=: Discovering Infinite Connections in Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020, illus. in color p. 039
Coolidge, Clark. 16 Poems for Philip Guston. with an afterword by Rachael Guynn Wilson. Portland: Container Corps, 2021, illus. in color opposite p. 13
Street, Benjamin James. "Painting Floods: History, Witness and Public Address in Philip Guston's Late Work." PhD diss. University of Easy Anglia, 2024, illus. in color no. 69 p. 235 and mentioned in text pp. 105 and 114
Claudia Castellucci: Sahara Il deserto come condizione. Cesena: Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio, 2025, illus. in color pp. 6-7
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Title
Stationary Figure
Date
1973
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
77¼ × 128¼ in. (196.2 × 325.8 cm)
Inscription
Signed front lower center: Philip Guston
Catalogue Number
P73.029
Provenance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Musa Guston, 1992
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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