Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné

Title
Pit II
Date
1976
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
60¼ x 52¼ in.153.0 x 132.7 cm
Inscription
Signed front lower center: Philip Guston
Catalogue No.
P76.041
Provenance
Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Bequest of Musa Guston, U–4429.1992
Exhibitions
Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, IL, "Philip Guston, Major Paintings 1975-76", September 29, 1978 - November 02, 1978
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Permanent Collection exhibition", March 30, 1992 - November 03, 1994
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "New and Different: Recent Acquisitions", September 29, 1992 - November 11, 1992
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Permanent Collection exhibition", February 05, 1996 - June 28, 1998
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "American Paintings from the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery: An Institutional History in Pictures", July 14, 2001 - October 28, 2001
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Permanent Collection exhibition", February 24, 2003 - June 01, 2004
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Permanent Collection exhibition", July 01, 2004 - June 30, 2005
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Comic Art", February 06, 2007 - April 29, 2007
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "American Narratives: Permanent Collection Installation 2007-08", August 03, 2007 - August 24, 2008
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Painting-From The Collection of the Sheldon Museum of Art", August 02, 2013 - July 13, 2014
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Uncommon Likeness: Identity in Flux", August 12, 2016 - December 31, 2016
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Original Behavior", January 17, 2018 - May 13, 2018
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Person of Interest", January 31, 2020 - July 03, 2021
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Storyville: The Intersection of Abstraction, Allusion, and Depiction", August 16, 2022 - December 22, 2022
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Unprecedented: Art in Times of Crisis", January 24, 2024 - July 06, 2024
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Permanent Collection exhibition", March 30, 1992 - November 03, 1994
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "New and Different: Recent Acquisitions", September 29, 1992 - November 11, 1992
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Permanent Collection exhibition", February 05, 1996 - June 28, 1998
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "American Paintings from the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery: An Institutional History in Pictures", July 14, 2001 - October 28, 2001
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Permanent Collection exhibition", February 24, 2003 - June 01, 2004
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Permanent Collection exhibition", July 01, 2004 - June 30, 2005
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Comic Art", February 06, 2007 - April 29, 2007
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "American Narratives: Permanent Collection Installation 2007-08", August 03, 2007 - August 24, 2008
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Painting-From The Collection of the Sheldon Museum of Art", August 02, 2013 - July 13, 2014
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Uncommon Likeness: Identity in Flux", August 12, 2016 - December 31, 2016
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Original Behavior", January 17, 2018 - May 13, 2018
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Person of Interest", January 31, 2020 - July 03, 2021
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Storyville: The Intersection of Abstraction, Allusion, and Depiction", August 16, 2022 - December 22, 2022
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, "Unprecedented: Art in Times of Crisis", January 24, 2024 - July 06, 2024
Bibliography
Japanese Language 1995, International Museum Guide. Tokyo: Tankosha Publishing, 1994, illus. p. 103
Ruud, Brandon K., and Gregory Nosan, eds. Painting from the Collection of the Sheldon Museum of Art. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2014, pp. 190-191, illus., cat. 96.
Wolgamott, L. Kent. "L. Kent Wolgamott: Four Cartoon-Like Paintings Make up Entertaining Sheldon Exhibition." Lincoln (NE) Journal Star, February 3, 2018. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Ryder, Natalie. "Sheldon's 'Original Behavior' Exhibit Shows the Ironic Behaviors of Man." Daily Nebraskan (Lincoln), March 13, 2018. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Wolgamott, L. Kent. "'Storyville': Intersection of abstraction, allusion and depiction on display at Sheldon." Lincoln (NE) Journal Star, August 27, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Ruud, Brandon K., and Gregory Nosan, eds. Painting from the Collection of the Sheldon Museum of Art. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2014, pp. 190-191, illus., cat. 96.
Wolgamott, L. Kent. "L. Kent Wolgamott: Four Cartoon-Like Paintings Make up Entertaining Sheldon Exhibition." Lincoln (NE) Journal Star, February 3, 2018. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Ryder, Natalie. "Sheldon's 'Original Behavior' Exhibit Shows the Ironic Behaviors of Man." Daily Nebraskan (Lincoln), March 13, 2018. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Wolgamott, L. Kent. "'Storyville': Intersection of abstraction, allusion and depiction on display at Sheldon." Lincoln (NE) Journal Star, August 27, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
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Title
Pit II
Date
1976
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
60¼ × 52¼ in. (153.0 × 132.7 cm)
Inscription
Signed front lower center: Philip Guston
Catalogue Number
P76.041
Provenance
Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Bequest of Musa Guston, U–4429.1992
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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