Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné
Title
(Gift of the Magi) ("And now, they were hers, but the tresses...were gone")
Date
1945 - 46
Medium
Pencil on paper
Dimensions
13¼ x 20¾ in.33.7 x 52.7 cm
Inscription
Signed front lower right: Guston
Catalogue No.
Temporary# D450014
Status
Catalogue entry in process.
Provenance
Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Exhibitions
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, "The Forty-Fifth Annual Philadelphia Water Color and Print Exhibition and the Forty-Sixth Annual Exhibition of Miniatures", November 09, 1947 - December 14, 1947
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY, "Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members, Recipients of Academy and Institute Honors and Pictures Purchased from the Childe Hassam Fund", May 22, 1948 - June 30, 1948
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, "Print and drawing exhibition", September 30, 1949 - October 19, 1949
Austin College, Sherman, TX, "H.T. Hopkins Selects", February 1973
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX, "20th Century Drawings", September 09, 1973 - October 11, 1973
Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, "Selections from the Permanent Collection and Fort Worth Private Collections", October 26, 1976 - November 09, 1976
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY, "Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members, Recipients of Academy and Institute Honors and Pictures Purchased from the Childe Hassam Fund", May 22, 1948 - June 30, 1948
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, "Print and drawing exhibition", September 30, 1949 - October 19, 1949
Austin College, Sherman, TX, "H.T. Hopkins Selects", February 1973
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX, "20th Century Drawings", September 09, 1973 - October 11, 1973
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX, "20th Century Drawings", December 05, 1973 - January 05, 1974
Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, TX, "20th Century Drawings", January 15, 1974 - February 15, 1974
Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Abilene, TX, "20th Century Drawings", February 25, 1974 - March 27, 1974
Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX, "20th Century Drawings", April 07, 1974 - May 07, 1974
Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center, Wichita Falls, TX, "20th Century Drawings", May 17, 1974 - June 17, 1974
Longview Museum and Arts Center, Longview, TX, "20th Century Drawings", July 06, 1974 - July 31, 1974
Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, "Selections from the Permanent Collection and Fort Worth Private Collections", October 26, 1976 - November 09, 1976
Bibliography
Henry, O. "Gift of the Magi." ARTnews, December 1946, pp. 69–76, illus. in b&w p. 75
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "New Drawings by Guston." December 19, 1946, mentioned in text, not illus.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "Drawing by Philip Guston Wins Medal in Philadelphia." November 10, 1947, p. 21, mentioned in text as "Gift of the Magi No. 3", not illus.
Reed, Judith Kaye. "Philadelphia Presents Prints and Watercolors." Art Digest, November 15, 1947, p. 14, mentioned in text, not illus.
The Forty-Fifth Annual Philadelphia Water Color and Print Exhibition, and the Forty-Sixth Annual Exhibition of Miniatures. Exh. cat. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1947, cat. no. 480, illus. in b&w, listed as "Gift of the Magi No. 3," awarded the Pennell Memorial Medal
Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members Recipients of Academy and Institute Honors and Pictures Purchased from the Childe Hassam Fund. Exh. cat. New York: American Academy of Arts and Letters; National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1948, cat. no. 1 of the Guston works, listed as "Gift of the Magi No. 3," not illus.
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, series of illustrations mentioned in Bill Berkson essay, p. 68
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. Hardcover ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, series of illustrations mentioned in text p. 68 (Bill Berkson essay), not illus.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "New Drawings by Guston." December 19, 1946, mentioned in text, not illus.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "Drawing by Philip Guston Wins Medal in Philadelphia." November 10, 1947, p. 21, mentioned in text as "Gift of the Magi No. 3", not illus.
Reed, Judith Kaye. "Philadelphia Presents Prints and Watercolors." Art Digest, November 15, 1947, p. 14, mentioned in text, not illus.
The Forty-Fifth Annual Philadelphia Water Color and Print Exhibition, and the Forty-Sixth Annual Exhibition of Miniatures. Exh. cat. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1947, cat. no. 480, illus. in b&w, listed as "Gift of the Magi No. 3," awarded the Pennell Memorial Medal
Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members Recipients of Academy and Institute Honors and Pictures Purchased from the Childe Hassam Fund. Exh. cat. New York: American Academy of Arts and Letters; National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1948, cat. no. 1 of the Guston works, listed as "Gift of the Magi No. 3," not illus.
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, series of illustrations mentioned in Bill Berkson essay, p. 68
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. Hardcover ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, series of illustrations mentioned in text p. 68 (Bill Berkson essay), not illus.
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Title
(Gift of the Magi) ("And now, they were hers, but the tresses...were gone")
Date
1945–46
Medium
Pencil on paper
Dimensions
13¼ × 20¾ in. (33.7 × 52.7 cm)
Inscription
Signed front lower right: Guston
Catalogue Number
Temporary# D450014
Status
Catalogue entry in process. More Information
Provenance
Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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