Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné
Title
Painter in Bed
Date
1973
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
59½ x 104 in.151.1 x 264.2 cm
Inscription
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston
Catalogue No.
P73.030
Provenance
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Edward R. Broida
Edward R. Broida
Auction: Sotheby's, New York, Contemporary Art, Evening Sale, November 12, 2002, Lot 29
Private Collection
Charles Saatchi, London
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
Saatchi Gallery, London, England, "Leon Golub, Sigmar Polke, Philip Guston, Joel Shapiro: the Saatchi Collection", April 29, 1988 - September 01, 1988
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, "Philip Guston: Paintings of the '70s", October 08, 1994 - February 05, 1995
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Against the Grain: Contemporary Art from the Edward R. Broida Collection", May 03, 2006 - July 10, 2006
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "[Unknown Title]", Summer 2008
David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", November 15, 1974 - December 18, 1974
Saatchi Gallery, London, England, "Leon Golub, Sigmar Polke, Philip Guston, Joel Shapiro: the Saatchi Collection", April 29, 1988 - September 01, 1988
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, "Philip Guston: Paintings of the '70s", October 08, 1994 - February 05, 1995
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Against the Grain: Contemporary Art from the Edward R. Broida Collection", May 03, 2006 - July 10, 2006
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "[Unknown Title]", Summer 2008
Bibliography
Frackman, Noel. "New York: Philip Guston at David McKee." Arts Magazine, December 1974, p. 19, illus. in b&w and mentioned in text
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: David McKee Gallery, 1974, cat. no. 6, illus. in b&w p. 15
Philip Guston New Paintings. Exh. cat. Boston: Boston University, 1974, cat. no. 20, not illus.
Saatchi, Doris. "Artists and Heroes." Artscribe, October 1982, illus. in b&w p. 16
Fuchs, Rudi, Hilton Kramer, and Peter Schjeldahl. Art of Our Time: The Saatchi Collection, vol. 3. London: Lund Humphries, 1984, illus. in color Plate 21 p. 55 (unpaginated) and mentioned in text p. 13 (Peter Schjeldahl essay)
Graham-Dixon, Andrew. "Bullies for You." Independent (London), May 10, 1988, p.16, mentioned in text, not illus.
Auty, Giles. "Polke in the Eye." Spectator (London), August 6, 1988, pp. 39–40, mentioned in text p. 39, not illus.
Schwartz, Sanford. Artists and Writers. New York: Yarrow Press, 1990, illus. in b&w Fig. 30 (unpaginated)
Schjeldahl, Peter. The Hydrogen Jukebox: Selected Writings of Peter Schjeldahl, 1978–1990. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991, mentioned in text p. 229, not illus.
Bullard, CeCe. "A Painter's Anguish and Anxiety." Richmond Times-Dispatch, October 26, 1994, section Art & Travel, p. D-3, mentioned in text, not illus
Gleadell, Colin. "Records Fall, Contemporary Rises." ARTnews, January 2003, illus. in color pp. 16 & 58
Kuspit, Donald. "Philip Guston's Self-Doubt." artnet Magazine, December 4, 2003, illus. in color
Elderfield, John, and Ann Temkin. Against the Grain: Contemporary Art from the Edward R. Broida Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2006, illus. in color p. 66
Turk, Gavin. "Six of the Best, from the Saatchi Collection." Times (London), June 18, 2011, section Saturday Review, illus. in color p. 6
Yau, John. "The Parallel Worlds of Philip Guston and Saul Steinberg." Hyperallergic, December 16, 2018. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Cooper, Harry, Mark Godfrey, Alison de Lima Greene, and Kate Nesin. Philip Guston Now. Exh. cat. Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2020, mentioned in text p. 235, not illus.
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in color p. 323 as part of a photo of Guston and mentioned in text p. 153
Mirza, Quddus. "The fear of freedom." The News on Sunday (Pakistan), August 15, 2021. Online, illus. in color
Coolidge, Clark, ed. Philip Guston: Que peindre sinon l'énigme. Translated by Éric Suchère. Strasbourg: L'Atelier Contemporain, 2023, mentioned in text p. 40, not illus.
Packard, Cassie. Art Rules: How Great Artists Think, Create and Work. London: Quarto, 2023., illus. in color p. 208
Claudia Castellucci: Sahara Il deserto come condizione. Cesena: Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio, 2025, illus. in color p. 4
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: David McKee Gallery, 1974, cat. no. 6, illus. in b&w p. 15
Philip Guston New Paintings. Exh. cat. Boston: Boston University, 1974, cat. no. 20, not illus.
Saatchi, Doris. "Artists and Heroes." Artscribe, October 1982, illus. in b&w p. 16
Fuchs, Rudi, Hilton Kramer, and Peter Schjeldahl. Art of Our Time: The Saatchi Collection, vol. 3. London: Lund Humphries, 1984, illus. in color Plate 21 p. 55 (unpaginated) and mentioned in text p. 13 (Peter Schjeldahl essay)
Graham-Dixon, Andrew. "Bullies for You." Independent (London), May 10, 1988, p.16, mentioned in text, not illus.
Auty, Giles. "Polke in the Eye." Spectator (London), August 6, 1988, pp. 39–40, mentioned in text p. 39, not illus.
Schwartz, Sanford. Artists and Writers. New York: Yarrow Press, 1990, illus. in b&w Fig. 30 (unpaginated)
Schjeldahl, Peter. The Hydrogen Jukebox: Selected Writings of Peter Schjeldahl, 1978–1990. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991, mentioned in text p. 229, not illus.
Bullard, CeCe. "A Painter's Anguish and Anxiety." Richmond Times-Dispatch, October 26, 1994, section Art & Travel, p. D-3, mentioned in text, not illus
Gleadell, Colin. "Records Fall, Contemporary Rises." ARTnews, January 2003, illus. in color pp. 16 & 58
Kuspit, Donald. "Philip Guston's Self-Doubt." artnet Magazine, December 4, 2003, illus. in color
Elderfield, John, and Ann Temkin. Against the Grain: Contemporary Art from the Edward R. Broida Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2006, illus. in color p. 66
Turk, Gavin. "Six of the Best, from the Saatchi Collection." Times (London), June 18, 2011, section Saturday Review, illus. in color p. 6
Yau, John. "The Parallel Worlds of Philip Guston and Saul Steinberg." Hyperallergic, December 16, 2018. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Cooper, Harry, Mark Godfrey, Alison de Lima Greene, and Kate Nesin. Philip Guston Now. Exh. cat. Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2020, mentioned in text p. 235, not illus.
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in color p. 323 as part of a photo of Guston and mentioned in text p. 153
Mirza, Quddus. "The fear of freedom." The News on Sunday (Pakistan), August 15, 2021. Online, illus. in color
Coolidge, Clark, ed. Philip Guston: Que peindre sinon l'énigme. Translated by Éric Suchère. Strasbourg: L'Atelier Contemporain, 2023, mentioned in text p. 40, not illus.
Packard, Cassie. Art Rules: How Great Artists Think, Create and Work. London: Quarto, 2023., illus. in color p. 208
Claudia Castellucci: Sahara Il deserto come condizione. Cesena: Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio, 2025, illus. in color p. 4
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Title
Painter in Bed
Date
1973
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
59½ × 104 in. (151.1 × 264.2 cm)
Inscription
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston
Catalogue Number
P73.030
Provenance
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Edward R. Broida
Edward R. Broida
Auction: Sotheby's, New York, Contemporary Art, Evening Sale, November 12, 2002, Lot 29
Private Collection
Charles Saatchi, London
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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