Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné

Title
Poised
Date
1978
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
68 x 81 in.172.7 x 205.7 cm
Inscription
Signed front lower left: Philip Guston
Catalogue No.
P78.030
Provenance
Private Collection
Auction: Christie's, New York, Rockefeller Plaza, Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, November 12, 2014, Lot 3
Marvin and Florence Gerstin
Exhibitions
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", May 15, 1980 - June 29, 1980
Stephen Mazoh & Co., Inc., New York, NY, "Twentieth Century Works of Art", Spring 1985
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, "Philip Guston: Paintings of the '70s", October 08, 1994 - February 05, 1995
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", July 20, 1980 - September 09, 1980
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL, "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", November 12, 1980 - January 11, 1981
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", February 25, 1981 - April 26, 1981
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", June 30, 1981 - September 13, 1981
Stephen Mazoh & Co., Inc., New York, NY, "Twentieth Century Works of Art", Spring 1985
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, "Philip Guston: Paintings of the '70s", October 08, 1994 - February 05, 1995
Bibliography
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: George Braziller, 1980, cat. no. 87, illus. in color plate 76 p. 118
Clark, John. "Philip Guston and Metaphysical Painting." Artscribe, August 1981, pp. 22–25, mentioned in text p. 25, not illus.
Twentieth Century Works of Art. Exh. cat. New York: Stephen Mazoh & Co, Inc., 1985, illus. in color p. 4
Bullard, CeCe. "A Painter's Anguish and Anxiety." Richmond Times-Dispatch, October 26, 1994, section Art & Travel, p. D-3, mentioned in text, not illus.
Zaller, Robert. "The Abandoned Studio: Philip Guston's Gnostic Testament." Boulevard 20, no. 2-3 (2005): pp. 100–18, mentioned in text p. 110, not illus.
Clark, John. "Philip Guston and Metaphysical Painting." Artscribe, August 1981, pp. 22–25, mentioned in text p. 25, not illus.
Twentieth Century Works of Art. Exh. cat. New York: Stephen Mazoh & Co, Inc., 1985, illus. in color p. 4
Bullard, CeCe. "A Painter's Anguish and Anxiety." Richmond Times-Dispatch, October 26, 1994, section Art & Travel, p. D-3, mentioned in text, not illus.
Zaller, Robert. "The Abandoned Studio: Philip Guston's Gnostic Testament." Boulevard 20, no. 2-3 (2005): pp. 100–18, mentioned in text p. 110, not illus.
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Title
Poised
Date
1978
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
68 × 81 in. (172.7 × 205.7 cm)
Inscription
Signed front lower left: Philip Guston
Catalogue Number
P78.030
Provenance
Private Collection
Auction: Christie's, New York, Rockefeller Plaza, Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, November 12, 2014, Lot 3
Marvin and Florence Gerstin
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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