Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné

Title
Feet on Rug
Date
1978
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
80 x 104 in.203.2 x 264.2 cm
Inscription
Unsigned, undated; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/"FEET ON RUG" [obscured, underlined] 1978/OIL ON CANVAS [obscured]/80 x 104
Catalogue No.
P78.052
Provenance
Private Collection
Private Collection
Kravis Collection
Exhibitions
Whitechapel Gallery, London, England, "Philip Guston: Paintings 1969 - 1980", October 13, 1982 - December 12, 1982
David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston - Paintings", October 08, 1983 - November 05, 1983
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston 1975-1980: Private and Public Battles", September 17, 1994 - October 30, 1994
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "Philip Guston: Gemälde 1947 - 1979", September 02, 1999 - November 01, 1999
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, "Philip Guston Retrospective", March 30, 2003 - June 08, 2003
Hauser & Wirth, Zürich, Switzerland, "Philip Guston. Singularities", June 07, 2024 - September 28, 2024
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, "Philip Guston: Schilderijen 1969 - 1980", January 13, 1983 - February 27, 1983
Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland, "Philip Guston: Paintings 1969 - 1980", May 08, 1983 - June 19, 1983
David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston - Paintings", October 08, 1983 - November 05, 1983
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston 1975-1980: Private and Public Battles", September 17, 1994 - October 30, 1994
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
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, "Philip Guston Retrospective", March 30, 2003 - June 08, 2003
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Philip Guston Retrospective", June 28, 2003 - September 27, 2003
Royal Academy of Arts, London, England, "The Art of Philip Guston: 1913-1980", January 24, 2004 - April 12, 2004
Hauser & Wirth, Zürich, Switzerland, "Philip Guston. Singularities", June 07, 2024 - September 28, 2024
Bibliography
Nicholas Serota, ed. Philip Guston: Paintings 1969–1980. Exh. cat. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1982, cat. no. 29, illus. in color p. 41 (unpaginated)
Brenson, Michael. "Assessing Guston by His Late Paintings." The New York Times, October 21, 1983, p. C28, mentioned in text, not illus.
Ammann, Jean-Christophe. "De L'Oeuvre Tardive de Philip Guston." Artistes, 1983, pp. 83–85, illus. in b&w p. 85 as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text pp. 84 and 85
Cone, Michele. "Philip Guston: David McKee." [Publication Unknown], 1983, mentioned in text
Brach, Paul. "Paint Remover: The Late Guston." Art in America, February 1984, pp. 118–21, illus. in color pp. 120-121
Robins, Corinne. The Pluralist Era: 1968–1981. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1984, illus. in b&w p. 173
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston. New York: Abbeville Modern Masters, 1986, illus. in color no. 103 p. 101
Sichel, Kim, and Mary Drach McInnes. Philip Guston 1975–1980: Private and Public Battles. Exh. cat. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994, Plate 8, illus. in color p. 57
Artforum. "Summer Preview." May 1999, illus. in color, no. 37
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. 119
Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, illus. in color p. 119 and mentioned in text p. 56
Ottinger, Didier, and Philip Roth. Philip Guston: Peintures 1947–1979. Exh. cat. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 2000, unnumbered catalog, not illus.
Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich). [Article title unknown]. October 26/27, 2002, Weekend ed, illus. in color, no. 37
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. 30
Anfam, David. "Telling Tales: Philip Guston in Retrospect." Artforum International, May 2003, pp. 132–39, 192, illus. in color p. 133 and in color on cover
Leffingwell, Edward. "John Coplans: Exposures." Art in America, July 2003, illus. in color pg. 77
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 119, unpaginated
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. Hardcover ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 119 (unpaginated but would be p. 216)
Zaller, Robert. "The Abandoned Studio: Philip Guston's Gnostic Testament." Boulevard 20, no. 2-3 (2005): pp. 100–18, mentioned in text p. 113, not illus.
Kaufmann, David. Telling Stories: Philip Guston's Later Works. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010, mentioned in text p. 50, not illus.
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. 92, not illus.
Sillman, Amy. "Shit Happens". Frieze, November 10, 2015. Online, illus. in color
Hart, Kevin. Barefoot: Poems. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2018, illus. in color on front cover
Thomas, Elly. Play and the Artist's Creative Process. New York: Routledge, 2019, mentioned in text p. 49, not illus.
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 225 illus. in color p. 212 and mentioned in text p. 209
Georg Baselitz: Freitag war es schön. Exh. cat. London, Paris, Salzburg: Thaddaeus Ropac, 2021, illus. in color p. 77
Bois-Martin, Camille. "Philip Guston en 3 peintures sulfureuses, exposées à la galerie Hauser & Wirth." Numéro (Paris), June 15, 2024. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Mayer, Musa. Philip Guston. Singularities. Exh. brochure. 2024, illus. in color no. 3
Brenson, Michael. "Assessing Guston by His Late Paintings." The New York Times, October 21, 1983, p. C28, mentioned in text, not illus.
Ammann, Jean-Christophe. "De L'Oeuvre Tardive de Philip Guston." Artistes, 1983, pp. 83–85, illus. in b&w p. 85 as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text pp. 84 and 85
Cone, Michele. "Philip Guston: David McKee." [Publication Unknown], 1983, mentioned in text
Brach, Paul. "Paint Remover: The Late Guston." Art in America, February 1984, pp. 118–21, illus. in color pp. 120-121
Robins, Corinne. The Pluralist Era: 1968–1981. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1984, illus. in b&w p. 173
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston. New York: Abbeville Modern Masters, 1986, illus. in color no. 103 p. 101
Sichel, Kim, and Mary Drach McInnes. Philip Guston 1975–1980: Private and Public Battles. Exh. cat. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994, Plate 8, illus. in color p. 57
Artforum. "Summer Preview." May 1999, illus. in color, no. 37
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. 119
Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, illus. in color p. 119 and mentioned in text p. 56
Ottinger, Didier, and Philip Roth. Philip Guston: Peintures 1947–1979. Exh. cat. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 2000, unnumbered catalog, not illus.
Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich). [Article title unknown]. October 26/27, 2002, Weekend ed, illus. in color, no. 37
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. 30
Anfam, David. "Telling Tales: Philip Guston in Retrospect." Artforum International, May 2003, pp. 132–39, 192, illus. in color p. 133 and in color on cover
Leffingwell, Edward. "John Coplans: Exposures." Art in America, July 2003, illus. in color pg. 77
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 119, unpaginated
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. Hardcover ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 119 (unpaginated but would be p. 216)
Zaller, Robert. "The Abandoned Studio: Philip Guston's Gnostic Testament." Boulevard 20, no. 2-3 (2005): pp. 100–18, mentioned in text p. 113, not illus.
Kaufmann, David. Telling Stories: Philip Guston's Later Works. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010, mentioned in text p. 50, not illus.
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. 92, not illus.
Sillman, Amy. "Shit Happens". Frieze, November 10, 2015. Online, illus. in color
Hart, Kevin. Barefoot: Poems. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2018, illus. in color on front cover
Thomas, Elly. Play and the Artist's Creative Process. New York: Routledge, 2019, mentioned in text p. 49, not illus.
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 225 illus. in color p. 212 and mentioned in text p. 209
Georg Baselitz: Freitag war es schön. Exh. cat. London, Paris, Salzburg: Thaddaeus Ropac, 2021, illus. in color p. 77
Bois-Martin, Camille. "Philip Guston en 3 peintures sulfureuses, exposées à la galerie Hauser & Wirth." Numéro (Paris), June 15, 2024. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Mayer, Musa. Philip Guston. Singularities. Exh. brochure. 2024, illus. in color no. 3
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Title
Feet on Rug
Date
1978
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
80 × 104 in. (203.2 × 264.2 cm)
Inscription
Unsigned, undated; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/"FEET ON RUG" [obscured, underlined] 1978/OIL ON CANVAS [obscured]/80 x 104
Catalogue Number
P78.052
Provenance
Private Collection
Private Collection
Kravis Collection
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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