Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné
Title
Mirror Head
Date
1977
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
68 x 112 in.172.7 x 284.5 cm
Inscription
Unsigned, undated; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "MIRROR HEAD" [underlined] 1977/ 68 x 112 [underlined]/ OIL ON CANVAS
Catalogue No.
P77.012
Provenance
Collection Unknown
Auction: Christie's, London, Beyond Ordinary - Then. Now. Next. Works from the Zabludowicz Collection, June 25, 2026, Lot 10
Private Collection
Exhibitions
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, "Philip Guston: The Late Works", August 18, 1984 - September 16, 1984
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, "Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura", March 01, 1989 - May 08, 1989
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "Philip Guston: Gemälde 1947 - 1979", September 02, 1999 - November 01, 1999
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
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, "Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura", March 01, 1989 - May 08, 1989
Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain, "Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura", May 25, 1989 - July 16, 1989
Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, "Philip Guston: 50 Years of Painting", September 09, 1989 - October 22, 1989
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, "Philip Guston: 50 Years of Painting", November 19, 1989 - January 14, 1990
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "Philip Guston: Gemälde 1947 - 1979", September 02, 1999 - November 01, 1999
Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, "Philip Guston: Gemälde 1947 - 1979", February 16, 2000 - April 24, 2000
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, "Philip Guston: Paintings of Four Decades", May 12, 2000 - July 30, 2000
Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, "Philip Guston Peintures 1947 - 1979", September 13, 2000 - December 04, 2000
Bibliography
Philip Guston: The Late Works. Exh. cat. Melbourne: The National Gallery of Victoria, 1984, cat. no. 26, illus. in color p. 41
Gallego, Julian. "El gusto de Guston." ABC (Madrid), March 2, 1989, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura. Exh. cat. Essays by Mark Rosenthal, Robert Storr, Carrie Rickey, Francisco Calvo Serraller, and Dore Ashton. Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura, Dirección General de Bellas Artes y Archivos, Centro Nacional de Exposiciones, 1989, cat. no. 59, illus. in color p. 135
Schreier, Christoph, Michael Auping, and Martin Hentschel. Philip Guston: Gemalde 1947–1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 1999, unnumbered catalog, illus. in color p. 113
Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, illus. in color p. 113
Philip Guston Peintures 1947-1979. Exh. brochure. Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2000, mentioned in text, not illus.
Centro Andaluz de Arts, Contemporaneo. Los excesos de la mente. Exh. cat. Sevilla: Empresa Publica de Gestion de Programas Culturales, 2002, illus. in b&w p. 153
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 228 illus. in color p. 214
The Stand-Ins: Figurative Painting from the Zabludowicz Collection. Exh. cat. London: Zabludowicz Collection, 2022, illus. in color pp. 92-93
Gallego, Julian. "El gusto de Guston." ABC (Madrid), March 2, 1989, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura. Exh. cat. Essays by Mark Rosenthal, Robert Storr, Carrie Rickey, Francisco Calvo Serraller, and Dore Ashton. Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura, Dirección General de Bellas Artes y Archivos, Centro Nacional de Exposiciones, 1989, cat. no. 59, illus. in color p. 135
Schreier, Christoph, Michael Auping, and Martin Hentschel. Philip Guston: Gemalde 1947–1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 1999, unnumbered catalog, illus. in color p. 113
Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, illus. in color p. 113
Philip Guston Peintures 1947-1979. Exh. brochure. Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2000, mentioned in text, not illus.
Centro Andaluz de Arts, Contemporaneo. Los excesos de la mente. Exh. cat. Sevilla: Empresa Publica de Gestion de Programas Culturales, 2002, illus. in b&w p. 153
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 228 illus. in color p. 214
The Stand-Ins: Figurative Painting from the Zabludowicz Collection. Exh. cat. London: Zabludowicz Collection, 2022, illus. in color pp. 92-93
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Title
Mirror Head
Date
1977
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
68 × 112 in. (172.7 × 284.5 cm)
Inscription
Unsigned, undated; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "MIRROR HEAD" [underlined] 1977/ 68 x 112 [underlined]/ OIL ON CANVAS
Catalogue Number
P77.012
Provenance
Collection Unknown
Auction: Christie's, London, Beyond Ordinary - Then. Now. Next. Works from the Zabludowicz Collection, June 25, 2026, Lot 10
Private Collection
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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