Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné
Title
Smoking II
Date
1973
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
39½ x 67¼ in.100.3 x 170.8 cm
Inscription
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston
Catalogue No.
P73.027
Provenance
Private Collection
Collection Unknown
Auction: Phillips, New York, 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, November 14, 2019, Lot 11
Private Collection
Edward R. Broida, Los Angeles
Auction: Christie's, New York, November 11, 1982, Lot 139
Grace Hartigan and Dr. Winston Price, Baltimore
Exhibitions
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston: New Paintings", March 15, 1974 - April 14, 1974
The Hoyt L. Sherman Gallery, University Gallery of Fine Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, "Painters' Painters: Milton Avery, Philip Guston, Giorgio Morandi", March 26, 1984 - April 15, 1984
Rollins Museum of Art, Winter Park, FL, "Bizarro World! The Parallel Universes of Comics & Fine Arts", March 17, 2000 - April 30, 2000
Kunst Museum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland, "Plane/Figure", August 26, 2006 - November 19, 2006
The Hoyt L. Sherman Gallery, University Gallery of Fine Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, "Painters' Painters: Milton Avery, Philip Guston, Giorgio Morandi", March 26, 1984 - April 15, 1984
Rollins Museum of Art, Winter Park, FL, "Bizarro World! The Parallel Universes of Comics & Fine Arts", March 17, 2000 - April 30, 2000
Kunst Museum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland, "Plane/Figure", August 26, 2006 - November 19, 2006
Bibliography
Rosenberg, Harold, and Philip Guston. "Conversations: Philip Guston and Harold Rosenberg: Guston's Recent Paintings." Boston University Journal 22, no. 3 (1974): pp. 43–58, mentioned in text p. 44, not illus.
Philip Guston New Paintings. Exh. cat. Boston: Boston University, 1974, cat. no. 17, not illus.
Painters' Painters: Milton Avery, Philip Guston, Giorgio Morandi. Exh. cat. Columbus: University Gallery of Fine Art, The Ohio State University, 1984, cat. no. 11, not illus., listed as "Smoker II"
Bizarro World! The Parallel Universe of Comics & Fine Art. Exh. cat. Winter Park: Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, 2000, cat. no. 65, illus. in color p. 22
Plane/Figure: Amerikanische Kunst Aus Schweizer Privatsammlungen Und Aus Dem Kunstmuseum Winterthur. Exh. cat. Winterthur: Kunstmuseum Winterthur, 2006, cat. no. 65, illus. in color p. 21
Coolidge, Clark, ed. Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011, mentioned in text pp. 269-70, not illus.
Selvin, Claire. "KAWS Mania, Buying Frenzy Over Julie Curtiss Painting Punctuate $108.1 M. Phillips 20th-Century and Contemporary Sale with 'Measured' Bidding." ARTnews, November 14, 2019. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Sutton, Benjamin. "A $15-million Jean-Michel Basquiat led Phillip's solid evening sale in New York." Artsy, November 18, 2019. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Selvin, Claire. "Figuration to Abstraction and Back Again: How Philip Guston Shaped 20th-Century Painting." ARTnews, July 22, 2020. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Trang Ps. "Danh họa Philip Guston: Từ lối vẽ hình tượng đến trừu tượng và ngược lại." Luxio (Ho Chi Minh City), August 7, 2020. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Mcllhagga, Samuel. "Philip Guston's Controversial Embrace of Figuration Still Shapes His Market." Artsy, November 3, 2020. Online, illus. in color
Rea, Naomi. "Philip Guston's Market Has Never Reached the Heights of His Ab-Ex Contemporaries. But This Year's Controversy May Change That." artnet News, December 22, 2020. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in color p. 324 as part of an installation photo
Guston, Philip. I Paint What I Want To See. Penguin Classics, 2022, mentioned in text p. 223, not illus.
Coolidge, Clark, ed. Philip Guston: Que peindre sinon l'énigme. Translated by Éric Suchère. Strasbourg: L'Atelier Contemporain, 2023, mentioned in text p. 532, not illus.
Street, Benjamin James. "Painting Floods: History, Witness and Public Address in Philip Guston's Late Work." PhD diss. University of Easy Anglia, 2024, mentioned in text p. 105, not illus.
Philip Guston New Paintings. Exh. cat. Boston: Boston University, 1974, cat. no. 17, not illus.
Painters' Painters: Milton Avery, Philip Guston, Giorgio Morandi. Exh. cat. Columbus: University Gallery of Fine Art, The Ohio State University, 1984, cat. no. 11, not illus., listed as "Smoker II"
Bizarro World! The Parallel Universe of Comics & Fine Art. Exh. cat. Winter Park: Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, 2000, cat. no. 65, illus. in color p. 22
Plane/Figure: Amerikanische Kunst Aus Schweizer Privatsammlungen Und Aus Dem Kunstmuseum Winterthur. Exh. cat. Winterthur: Kunstmuseum Winterthur, 2006, cat. no. 65, illus. in color p. 21
Coolidge, Clark, ed. Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011, mentioned in text pp. 269-70, not illus.
Selvin, Claire. "KAWS Mania, Buying Frenzy Over Julie Curtiss Painting Punctuate $108.1 M. Phillips 20th-Century and Contemporary Sale with 'Measured' Bidding." ARTnews, November 14, 2019. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Sutton, Benjamin. "A $15-million Jean-Michel Basquiat led Phillip's solid evening sale in New York." Artsy, November 18, 2019. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Selvin, Claire. "Figuration to Abstraction and Back Again: How Philip Guston Shaped 20th-Century Painting." ARTnews, July 22, 2020. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Trang Ps. "Danh họa Philip Guston: Từ lối vẽ hình tượng đến trừu tượng và ngược lại." Luxio (Ho Chi Minh City), August 7, 2020. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Mcllhagga, Samuel. "Philip Guston's Controversial Embrace of Figuration Still Shapes His Market." Artsy, November 3, 2020. Online, illus. in color
Rea, Naomi. "Philip Guston's Market Has Never Reached the Heights of His Ab-Ex Contemporaries. But This Year's Controversy May Change That." artnet News, December 22, 2020. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in color p. 324 as part of an installation photo
Guston, Philip. I Paint What I Want To See. Penguin Classics, 2022, mentioned in text p. 223, not illus.
Coolidge, Clark, ed. Philip Guston: Que peindre sinon l'énigme. Translated by Éric Suchère. Strasbourg: L'Atelier Contemporain, 2023, mentioned in text p. 532, not illus.
Street, Benjamin James. "Painting Floods: History, Witness and Public Address in Philip Guston's Late Work." PhD diss. University of Easy Anglia, 2024, mentioned in text p. 105, not illus.
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Title
Smoking II
Date
1973
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
39½ × 67¼ in. (100.3 × 170.8 cm)
Inscription
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston
Catalogue Number
P73.027
Provenance
Private Collection
Collection Unknown
Auction: Phillips, New York, 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, November 14, 2019, Lot 11
Private Collection
Edward R. Broida, Los Angeles
Auction: Christie's, New York, November 11, 1982, Lot 139
Grace Hartigan and Dr. Winston Price, Baltimore
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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