Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné
Title
Red Sky
Date
1978
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
82 x 105½ in.208.3 x 268.0 cm
Inscription
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "RED SKY" (underlined) - 1978/ OIL - 82 x 105 1/2 (underlined)
Catalogue No.
P78.050
Provenance
Collection Unknown
Auction: Sotheby's, New York, Contemporary Art Evening Sale, May 16, 2019, Lot 24
Gerald L. Lennard Foundation
Exhibitions
Akron Art Institute, Akron, OH, "Philip Guston", March 08, 1980 - May 04, 1980
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
Royal Academy of Arts, London, England, "A New Spirit in Painting", January 15, 1981 - March 18, 1981
Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, CT, "Connecticut Collects: American Art Since 1960", January 29, 1986 - March 26, 1986
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, "Philip Guston Retrospective", March 30, 2003 - June 08, 2003
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
Royal Academy of Arts, London, England, "A New Spirit in Painting", January 15, 1981 - March 18, 1981
Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, CT, "Connecticut Collects: American Art Since 1960", January 29, 1986 - March 26, 1986
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, "Philip Guston Retrospective", March 30, 2003 - June 08, 2003
Bibliography
Memorial Exhibition: Alexander Brook, Philip Guston, Clyfford Still. Exh. cat. New York: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1980, cat. no. 26, illus. in b&w
A New Spirit in Painting. Exh. cat. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1981, cat. no. 45, illus. in b&w (no page #)
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston. New York: Abbeville Modern Masters, 1986, illus. in color no. 76 p. 76 and mentioned in text pp. 77 and 98
Connecticut Collects: American Art Since 1960. Exh. cat. Stamford: Whitney Museum of American Art Fairfield County, 1986, not illus.
Mack, Gerhard. "Philip Guston Künstler." Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst 36, no. 3 (1997): pp. 1–16, mentioned in text p. 10, not illus.
Corbett, William. "Philip Guston in Retrospect." Brooklyn Rail, November 2003, p. 15, mentioned in text, not illus.
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. Hardcover ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 120 (unpaginated but would be p. 217)
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 120, unpaginated
Philip Guston: Odd Man Out. BBC Four, January 28, 2004. Television, illus. in color
Anfam, David. The Art of Philip Guston 1913–1980. Exh. brochure. Royal Academy of Arts, 2004, illus. in color
Miller, Peter Benson, ed. Go Figure! New Perspectives on Guston. New York: American Academy in Rome; New York Review of Books, 2014, mentioned in text p. 127, not illus.
Art as a Window to the Mind: The Collection of Gerald L. Lennard. New York: Sotheby's, April 30, 2019. Video, illus. in color and detail illus. in color
Sotheby's Preferred, May 2019, illus. in color p. 115
Thomas, Elly. Play and the Artist's Creative Process. New York: Routledge, 2019, mentioned in text p. 73, not illus.
Contemporary Art Evening Auction. New York: Sotheby's. Auction cat. May 16, 2019, illus. in color p. 207, detail illus. in color pp. 208 and 215 and mentioned in text pp. 209-214
Rea, Naomi. "Philip Guston's Market Has Never Reached the Heights of His Ab-Ex Contemporaries. But This Year's Controversy May Change That." artnet News, December 22, 2020. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Street, Benjamin James. "Painting Floods: History, Witness and Public Address in Philip Guston's Late Work." PhD diss. University of Easy Anglia, 2024, mentioned in text p. 13, not illus.
A New Spirit in Painting. Exh. cat. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1981, cat. no. 45, illus. in b&w (no page #)
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston. New York: Abbeville Modern Masters, 1986, illus. in color no. 76 p. 76 and mentioned in text pp. 77 and 98
Connecticut Collects: American Art Since 1960. Exh. cat. Stamford: Whitney Museum of American Art Fairfield County, 1986, not illus.
Mack, Gerhard. "Philip Guston Künstler." Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst 36, no. 3 (1997): pp. 1–16, mentioned in text p. 10, not illus.
Corbett, William. "Philip Guston in Retrospect." Brooklyn Rail, November 2003, p. 15, mentioned in text, not illus.
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. Hardcover ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 120 (unpaginated but would be p. 217)
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 120, unpaginated
Philip Guston: Odd Man Out. BBC Four, January 28, 2004. Television, illus. in color
Anfam, David. The Art of Philip Guston 1913–1980. Exh. brochure. Royal Academy of Arts, 2004, illus. in color
Miller, Peter Benson, ed. Go Figure! New Perspectives on Guston. New York: American Academy in Rome; New York Review of Books, 2014, mentioned in text p. 127, not illus.
Art as a Window to the Mind: The Collection of Gerald L. Lennard. New York: Sotheby's, April 30, 2019. Video, illus. in color and detail illus. in color
Sotheby's Preferred, May 2019, illus. in color p. 115
Thomas, Elly. Play and the Artist's Creative Process. New York: Routledge, 2019, mentioned in text p. 73, not illus.
Contemporary Art Evening Auction. New York: Sotheby's. Auction cat. May 16, 2019, illus. in color p. 207, detail illus. in color pp. 208 and 215 and mentioned in text pp. 209-214
Rea, Naomi. "Philip Guston's Market Has Never Reached the Heights of His Ab-Ex Contemporaries. But This Year's Controversy May Change That." artnet News, December 22, 2020. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Street, Benjamin James. "Painting Floods: History, Witness and Public Address in Philip Guston's Late Work." PhD diss. University of Easy Anglia, 2024, mentioned in text p. 13, not illus.
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Title
Red Sky
Date
1978
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
82 × 105½ in. (208.3 × 268.0 cm)
Inscription
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "RED SKY" (underlined) - 1978/ OIL - 82 x 105 1/2 (underlined)
Catalogue Number
P78.050
Provenance
Collection Unknown
Auction: Sotheby's, New York, Contemporary Art Evening Sale, May 16, 2019, Lot 24
Gerald L. Lennard Foundation
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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