Signed front lower left: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "YELLOW LIGHT" [underlined]/ 1975/ OIL - 67 1/2" X 96 3/4"
Catalogue No.
P75.042
Provenance
Promised gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibitions
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, "American Figure Painting 1950 - 1980", October 17, 1980 - November 30, 1980 Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston 1975-1980: Private and Public Battles", September 17, 1994 - October 30, 1994 Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "Philip Guston: Gemälde 1947 - 1979", September 02, 1999 - November 01, 1999 Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "Die Sammlung: Color and Content", December 15, 2010 - January 01, 2011 Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, "Philip Guston - das große Spätwerk", November 06, 2013 - February 02, 2014 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston Now", May 01, 2022 - September 11, 2022
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American Figure Painting 1950 - 1980. Exh. cat. Norfolk: Chrysler Museum of Art, 1980, illus. in b&w p. 30 and mentioned in text p. 9
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston. New York: Abbeville Modern Masters, 1986, illus. in color no. 57 p. 58
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McQuaid, Cate. "Battleground: How Philip Guston Fought the War to Create Art." Boston Phoenix, September 23, 1994, section Arts & Entertainment, p. 11, mentioned in text, not illus.
Stapen, Nancy. "Painting as Salvation: Philip Guston Exhibit at Boston University Offers Profound Rewards." Boston Sunday Globe, October 2, 1994, section ArtsEtc., pp. B1, B6, mentioned in text p. B6, not illus.
Sichel, Kim, and Mary Drach McInnes. Philip Guston 1975–1980: Private and Public Battles. Exh. cat. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994, Plate 1, illus. in color p. 43
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Ringler Jr., Kenneth J., Glenn D. Lowry, and Dennis R. Anderson. The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Art Collection and Plaza Memorials. New York: Rizzoli International, 2002, fig. 3, illus. in color p. 77, mentioned in text p. 77
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Baker, E. "Frankfurt—Philip Guston: 'Late Works' at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt through February 2nd 2014." AO Art Observed, January 18, 2014. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
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Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 190 illus. in color p. 182 and mentioned in text p. 197
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 Plate 149 p. 145 and mentioned in text p. 200
Mayerson, Louise. "Giving visitors an easy out is a disturbing move by the MFA." Boston Globe, section Letters, May 8, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Glasser, Joyce. "A 'trauma specialist'? Museum is patronizing its audience." Boston Globe, section Letters, May 8, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Vaughan, Donald. "Critic's take on the exhibit is an artful introduction." Boston Globe, section Letters, May 8, 2022. Online, illus. in color
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Philip Guston. Lyon: FAGE éditions, 2022, illus. in color pp. 52-53
Haidu, Rachel. "Shapes, Wholes, History." October 185 (2023): pp. 99-117, illus. in b&w p. 108 as "Yellow Light" and mentioned in text p. 103 as "Yellow Sea"
Haidu, Rachel. Each One Another: The Self in Contemporary Art. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2023, illus. in color p. 26 and mentioned in text pp. 26-30, 32 (as Yellow Sea), and 51
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