Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné
Title
Martyr
Date
1978
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
68½ x 69¼ in.174.0 x 175.9 cm
Inscription
Unsigned, undated; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "MARTYR" (underlined) 1978/ 68 1/2 x 69 1/4 (underlined)/ OIL ON CANVAS
Catalogue No.
P78.017
Provenance
Private Collection
Exhibitions
IVAM Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain, "Philip Guston One-Shot Painting", December 13, 2001 - March 03, 2002
McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Mind and Matter", November 11, 2003 - January 10, 2004
Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland, "I Not I: Samuel Beckett, Philip Guston, Bruce Nauman", March 24, 2006 - May 01, 2006
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA, "Enigma Variations: Philip Guston and Giorgio de Chirico", September 09, 2006 - November 25, 2006
Musée national Picasso-Paris, Paris, France, "Philip Guston. L’ironie de l’histoire", October 14, 2025 - March 01, 2026
McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Mind and Matter", November 11, 2003 - January 10, 2004
Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland, "I Not I: Samuel Beckett, Philip Guston, Bruce Nauman", March 24, 2006 - May 01, 2006
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA, "Enigma Variations: Philip Guston and Giorgio de Chirico", September 09, 2006 - November 25, 2006
Musée national Picasso-Paris, Paris, France, "Philip Guston. L’ironie de l’histoire", October 14, 2025 - March 01, 2026
Bibliography
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston by His Daughter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988, mentioned in text p. 228, not illus.
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston by His Daughter. 1988. Reprint, New York: Penguin, 1990, mentioned in text p. 228, not illus.
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, London: Thames and Hudson, 1991, mentioned in text p. 228, not illus.
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. Reprint, Boston: Da Capo Press, 1997, mentioned in text p. 228, not illus.
Philip Guston: One-Shot-Paintings/De Un Solo Aliento. Exh. cat. Essays by Kosme de Barañano, María Jesús Folch, Fernando Gomez Aguilera, and Manuel Padorno. Valencia: IVAM, 2001. In association with Ediciones Aldeasa, unnumbered catalog, color plate p. 209
Folch, Maria Jesús. "Los pensamientos visuales de Philip Guston." Arte Contemporaneo, January 2002, pp. 80–83, illus. and mentioned in text p. 83
Descubrir el Arte. "Philip Guston: De Un Solo Aliento." January 2002, pp. 94-96, mentioned in text p. 96, not illus.
Douglas, Sarah. "Philip Guston: Mind and Matter, McKee Gallery." Art Newspaper (London), December 2003, p. 4, illus. in b&w
Smith, Roberta. "Art in Review: Philip Guston." The New York Times, December 12, 2003, mentioned in text, not illus.
Melandri, Lisa, and Michael R. Taylor. Enigma Variations: Philip Guston and Giorgio de Chirico. Exh. cat. Santa Monica: Santa Monica Museum of Art, 2006, illus. in color Plate 25 p. 62
I Not I/Samuel Beckett, Philip Guston, Bruce Nauman. Exh. cat. Dublin: Royal Hiberian Academy, 2006, illus. in color p. 19
Allen, Tom. "The Soothsayer's Recompense." X-TRA 9, no. 4, (2007), illus. in color and mentioned in text
Bucklow, Christopher. What Is in the Dwat: The Universe of Guston's Final Decade. Grasmere, England: Wordsworth Trust, 2007, Plate 44, illus. in color p. 190
Fujimori, Manami. "Philip Guston." Bijutsu Notebook 63, no. 951 (2011): pp. 200–03, illus. in color p. 201
Fujimori, Manami. "The Pioneers & Revolutionaries For Art Now." In The Contemporary Art Masters. Japan: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, 2013, illus. in color p. 191
de Barañano, Kosme. "Los viajes de Ulises en el siglo xx: Formas de la pasion en Beckmann, Picasso y Philip Guston." In Visiones de Pasion y Perversidad. Edited by Victor Minguez and Inmaculada Rodriguez Moya. Madrid: Fernando Villaverde Ediciones, 2014, mentioned in text p. 208, not illus.
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Munich: Sieveking Verlag; Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2016, illus. no. 113, illus. in color p. 306 and mentioned in text p. 305
2017 ART021 参展画廊：豪瑟沃斯画廊 Hauser & Wirth. Art021 WeChat, October 14, 2017. Online, illus. in color
Philip Guston & The Poets. Exh. cat. Essay by Kosme de Barañano. Hauser & Wirth, 2017, illus. in color p. 99
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: Un ritratto intimo di Philip Guston. Monza: Johan & Levi, 2017, illus. in color fig. 42 (following p. 224) and mentioned in text p. 246
Harrison, Anya. "Early Sales at FIAC: Some Highlights." Blouin Art Info, October 9, 2018. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Rea, Naomi and Kate Brown. "From Katharina Grosse's Trippy Timber to Matta's Surreal Smokers, a Look Around Paris's FIAC." artnet News, October 17, 2018. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text
Grimm-Weissert, Olga. "Das Grand Palais als Anziehungspunkt." Handelsblatt, October 18, 2018, pp. 70-71, mentioned in text, not illus.
artnet News. "Price Check! Here's What Sold—and for How Much—at FIAC 2018." October 22, 2018. Online, illus. in color
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 224 illus. in color p. 211 and mentioned in text p. 154
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2023, illus. no. 113, illus. in color p. 306 and mentioned in text p. 305
Dagen, Philippe. "Au Musée Picasso, Philip Guston dans l'absurdité de l'histoire." Le Monde, October 26, 2025. Print, mentioned in text, not illus.
Vieville, Camille, "Le Monde Selon Philip Guston." Art Newspaper (Paris), November 2025. Print, mentioned in text, not illus.
Davis, Sylvia Edwards. "Spotlight on America at the Picasso-Paris Museum." France Today, December 19, 2025. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 151 illus. in color p. 141 and mentioned in text p. 42
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston by His Daughter. 1988. Reprint, New York: Penguin, 1990, mentioned in text p. 228, not illus.
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, London: Thames and Hudson, 1991, mentioned in text p. 228, not illus.
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. Reprint, Boston: Da Capo Press, 1997, mentioned in text p. 228, not illus.
Philip Guston: One-Shot-Paintings/De Un Solo Aliento. Exh. cat. Essays by Kosme de Barañano, María Jesús Folch, Fernando Gomez Aguilera, and Manuel Padorno. Valencia: IVAM, 2001. In association with Ediciones Aldeasa, unnumbered catalog, color plate p. 209
Folch, Maria Jesús. "Los pensamientos visuales de Philip Guston." Arte Contemporaneo, January 2002, pp. 80–83, illus. and mentioned in text p. 83
Descubrir el Arte. "Philip Guston: De Un Solo Aliento." January 2002, pp. 94-96, mentioned in text p. 96, not illus.
Douglas, Sarah. "Philip Guston: Mind and Matter, McKee Gallery." Art Newspaper (London), December 2003, p. 4, illus. in b&w
Smith, Roberta. "Art in Review: Philip Guston." The New York Times, December 12, 2003, mentioned in text, not illus.
Melandri, Lisa, and Michael R. Taylor. Enigma Variations: Philip Guston and Giorgio de Chirico. Exh. cat. Santa Monica: Santa Monica Museum of Art, 2006, illus. in color Plate 25 p. 62
I Not I/Samuel Beckett, Philip Guston, Bruce Nauman. Exh. cat. Dublin: Royal Hiberian Academy, 2006, illus. in color p. 19
Allen, Tom. "The Soothsayer's Recompense." X-TRA 9, no. 4, (2007), illus. in color and mentioned in text
Bucklow, Christopher. What Is in the Dwat: The Universe of Guston's Final Decade. Grasmere, England: Wordsworth Trust, 2007, Plate 44, illus. in color p. 190
Fujimori, Manami. "Philip Guston." Bijutsu Notebook 63, no. 951 (2011): pp. 200–03, illus. in color p. 201
Fujimori, Manami. "The Pioneers & Revolutionaries For Art Now." In The Contemporary Art Masters. Japan: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, 2013, illus. in color p. 191
de Barañano, Kosme. "Los viajes de Ulises en el siglo xx: Formas de la pasion en Beckmann, Picasso y Philip Guston." In Visiones de Pasion y Perversidad. Edited by Victor Minguez and Inmaculada Rodriguez Moya. Madrid: Fernando Villaverde Ediciones, 2014, mentioned in text p. 208, not illus.
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Munich: Sieveking Verlag; Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2016, illus. no. 113, illus. in color p. 306 and mentioned in text p. 305
2017 ART021 参展画廊：豪瑟沃斯画廊 Hauser & Wirth. Art021 WeChat, October 14, 2017. Online, illus. in color
Philip Guston & The Poets. Exh. cat. Essay by Kosme de Barañano. Hauser & Wirth, 2017, illus. in color p. 99
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: Un ritratto intimo di Philip Guston. Monza: Johan & Levi, 2017, illus. in color fig. 42 (following p. 224) and mentioned in text p. 246
Harrison, Anya. "Early Sales at FIAC: Some Highlights." Blouin Art Info, October 9, 2018. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Rea, Naomi and Kate Brown. "From Katharina Grosse's Trippy Timber to Matta's Surreal Smokers, a Look Around Paris's FIAC." artnet News, October 17, 2018. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text
Grimm-Weissert, Olga. "Das Grand Palais als Anziehungspunkt." Handelsblatt, October 18, 2018, pp. 70-71, mentioned in text, not illus.
artnet News. "Price Check! Here's What Sold—and for How Much—at FIAC 2018." October 22, 2018. Online, illus. in color
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 224 illus. in color p. 211 and mentioned in text p. 154
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2023, illus. no. 113, illus. in color p. 306 and mentioned in text p. 305
Dagen, Philippe. "Au Musée Picasso, Philip Guston dans l'absurdité de l'histoire." Le Monde, October 26, 2025. Print, mentioned in text, not illus.
Vieville, Camille, "Le Monde Selon Philip Guston." Art Newspaper (Paris), November 2025. Print, mentioned in text, not illus.
Davis, Sylvia Edwards. "Spotlight on America at the Picasso-Paris Museum." France Today, December 19, 2025. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 151 illus. in color p. 141 and mentioned in text p. 42
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Title
Martyr
Date
1978
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
68½ × 69¼ in. (174.0 × 175.9 cm)
Inscription
Unsigned, undated; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "MARTYR" (underlined) 1978/ 68 1/2 x 69 1/4 (underlined)/ OIL ON CANVAS
Catalogue Number
P78.017
Provenance
Private Collection
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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