Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné

Title
Green Sea
Date
1976
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
70 x 116½ in.177.8 x 295.9 cm
Inscription
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston
Catalogue No.
P76.037
Provenance
The Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Frederic G. Pick; Grant J. Pick, Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester, and Twentieth-Century Discretionary funds; and anonymous gift, 1985.1118
Exhibitions
David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Paintings 1976", Part I: March 18-April 8, 1977, Part II; April 9 - April 30, 1977
Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, IL, "Philip Guston, Major Paintings 1975-76", September 29, 1978 - November 02, 1978
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY, "Alexander Brook, Philip Guston, Clyfford Still Memorial Exhibition", November 17, 1980 - December 21, 1980
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, "Philip Guston: The Late Works", August 18, 1984 - September 16, 1984
Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, IL, "Philip Guston, Major Paintings 1975-76", September 29, 1978 - November 02, 1978
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY, "Alexander Brook, Philip Guston, Clyfford Still Memorial Exhibition", November 17, 1980 - December 21, 1980
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, "Philip Guston: The Late Works", August 18, 1984 - September 16, 1984
The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, "Philip Guston: The Late Works", September 26, 1984 - October 28, 1984
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, "Philip Guston: The Late Works", November 09, 1984 - January 01, 1985
Bibliography
Philip Guston: Paintings 1976. Exh. cat. New York: David McKee Gallery, 1977, cat. no. 14, not illus.
Smith, Roberta. "The New Gustons." Art in America, January–February 1978, pp. 100–5, illus. in color p. 103
Frueh, Joanna. "Shoes Slogging through Hell: Philip Guston at the Allan Frumkin Gallery." Chicago Reader, October 27, 1978, section 1, Art, pp. 40–41, mentioned in text p. 41, not illus.
Memorial Exhibition: Alexander Brook, Philip Guston, Clyfford Still. Exh. cat. New York: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1980, cat. no. 23, not illus.
Ratcliff, Carter. "The Mastery of Philip Guston." Saturday Review, January 1981, pp. 81–83, illus. in color p. 83
Philip Guston: The Late Works. Exh. cat. Melbourne: The National Gallery of Victoria, 1984, cat. no. 22, illus. in color p. 37 and mentioned in text p. 19.
Wood, James N., and Katharine C. Lee. Master Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago. 1st ed. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1988, illus. in color and mentioned in text p. 162
Wood, James N., and Katharine C. Lee. Master Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago. 2nd ed. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1991, p. 162 (color illus.)
Wood, James N., and Katharine C. Lee. Master Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1992, p. 162 (color illus.)
Wood, James N. Director, Master Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago. Manchester: Hudson Hills Press, 1999, illus. in color p. 159
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, mentioned in text p. 197, not illus.
Corps et Âmes. Exh. cat. Paris: Bourse de Commerce, 2025, mentioned in text p. 66, not illus.
Smith, Roberta. "The New Gustons." Art in America, January–February 1978, pp. 100–5, illus. in color p. 103
Frueh, Joanna. "Shoes Slogging through Hell: Philip Guston at the Allan Frumkin Gallery." Chicago Reader, October 27, 1978, section 1, Art, pp. 40–41, mentioned in text p. 41, not illus.
Memorial Exhibition: Alexander Brook, Philip Guston, Clyfford Still. Exh. cat. New York: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1980, cat. no. 23, not illus.
Ratcliff, Carter. "The Mastery of Philip Guston." Saturday Review, January 1981, pp. 81–83, illus. in color p. 83
Philip Guston: The Late Works. Exh. cat. Melbourne: The National Gallery of Victoria, 1984, cat. no. 22, illus. in color p. 37 and mentioned in text p. 19.
Wood, James N., and Katharine C. Lee. Master Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago. 1st ed. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1988, illus. in color and mentioned in text p. 162
Wood, James N., and Katharine C. Lee. Master Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago. 2nd ed. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1991, p. 162 (color illus.)
Wood, James N., and Katharine C. Lee. Master Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1992, p. 162 (color illus.)
Wood, James N. Director, Master Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago. Manchester: Hudson Hills Press, 1999, illus. in color p. 159
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, mentioned in text p. 197, not illus.
Corps et Âmes. Exh. cat. Paris: Bourse de Commerce, 2025, mentioned in text p. 66, not illus.
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Title
Green Sea
Date
1976
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
70 × 116½ in. (177.8 × 295.9 cm)
Inscription
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston
Catalogue Number
P76.037
Provenance
The Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Frederic G. Pick; Grant J. Pick, Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester, and Twentieth-Century Discretionary funds; and anonymous gift, 1985.1118
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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