Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné

Title
Deluge III
Date
1979
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
68 x 81½ in.172.7 x 207.0 cm
Inscription
Unsigned, undated
Catalogue No.
P79.006
Provenance
Private Collection, New York
Richard C. Hedreen, Seattle
Exhibitions
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, "Philip Guston: The Late Works", August 18, 1984 - September 16, 1984
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
Bibliography
Philip Guston: The Late Works. Exh. cat. Melbourne: The National Gallery of Victoria, 1984, cat. no. 34, illus. in color p. 49 and mentioned in text p. 19
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston. New York: Abbeville Modern Masters, 1986, illus. in color no. 70 p. 72
de Barañano, Kosme Maria. Philip Guston: La Raiz del Dibujo. Exh. cat. Bilbao: Sala Rekalde, 1993, illus. in color p. 39 (Kosme de Baranano essay)
Picasso, Guston, Miro, de Kooning: In vollkommener Freiheit. Exh. cat. Bremen: Neues Museum Weserberg Bremen, 1996, illus. in b&w p. 98
Mack, Gerhard. "Philip Guston Künstler." Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst 36, no. 3 (1997): pp. 1–16, illus. in color fig. 12, p. 12
DeLong, Lea Rosson. Shifting Visions O'Keeffe Guston Richter. Exh. cat. Des Moines: Des Moines Art Center, 1998, mentioned in text p. 49 as part of "the Deluge series", not illus.
Ottinger, Didier, and Philip Roth. Philip Guston: Peintures 1947–1979. Exh. cat. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 2000, illus. in b&w p. 45
Ringler Jr., Kenneth J., Glenn D. Lowry, and Dennis R. Anderson. The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Art Collection and Plaza Memorials. New York: Rizzoli International, 2002, fig. 2, illus. in color p. 77, mentioned in text p. 77
Rainbird, Sean, ed.. Max Beckmann. Exh. cat. London: Tate Publishing, 2003, mentioned in text p. 41, not illus.
Sylvester, David. Ein Gespräch mit Philip Guston. NichtSoKleineBibliothek 8. Bern: Piet Meyer Verlag, 2013, illus. in color p. 77, illus. no. 30
Philip Guston & The Poets. Exh. cat. Essay by Kosme de Barañano. Hauser & Wirth, 2017, illus. in color p. 89 and mentioned in text p. 75
Cooper, Harry, Mark Godfrey, Alison de Lima Greene, and Kate Nesin. Philip Guston Now. Exh. cat. Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2020, illus. in color Plate 172 p. 169 and mentioned in text pp. 28 and 200
Storr, Robert. Writings on Art: 1980-2005. London: HENI, 2020, mentioned in text p. 510, not illus.
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 191 illus. in color p. 183 and mentioned in text pp. 180 and 197
Chambaz, Bernard. La Terre en colère: Déluges, séismes et autres catastrophes. Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 2023, mentioned in text p. 17, not illus.
Haidu, Rachel. Each One Another: The Self in Contemporary Art. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2023, mentioned in text p. 51, 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. 11, not illus.
Dagen, Philippe. "Au Musée Picasso, Philip Guston dans l'absurdité de l'histoire." Le Monde, October 26, 2025. Print, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 171 illus. in color p. 170 and mentioned in text pp. 41 and 42
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 171 illus. in color p. 170 and mentioned in text pp. 41 and 42
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston. New York: Abbeville Modern Masters, 1986, illus. in color no. 70 p. 72
de Barañano, Kosme Maria. Philip Guston: La Raiz del Dibujo. Exh. cat. Bilbao: Sala Rekalde, 1993, illus. in color p. 39 (Kosme de Baranano essay)
Picasso, Guston, Miro, de Kooning: In vollkommener Freiheit. Exh. cat. Bremen: Neues Museum Weserberg Bremen, 1996, illus. in b&w p. 98
Mack, Gerhard. "Philip Guston Künstler." Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst 36, no. 3 (1997): pp. 1–16, illus. in color fig. 12, p. 12
DeLong, Lea Rosson. Shifting Visions O'Keeffe Guston Richter. Exh. cat. Des Moines: Des Moines Art Center, 1998, mentioned in text p. 49 as part of "the Deluge series", not illus.
Ottinger, Didier, and Philip Roth. Philip Guston: Peintures 1947–1979. Exh. cat. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 2000, illus. in b&w p. 45
Ringler Jr., Kenneth J., Glenn D. Lowry, and Dennis R. Anderson. The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Art Collection and Plaza Memorials. New York: Rizzoli International, 2002, fig. 2, illus. in color p. 77, mentioned in text p. 77
Rainbird, Sean, ed.. Max Beckmann. Exh. cat. London: Tate Publishing, 2003, mentioned in text p. 41, not illus.
Sylvester, David. Ein Gespräch mit Philip Guston. NichtSoKleineBibliothek 8. Bern: Piet Meyer Verlag, 2013, illus. in color p. 77, illus. no. 30
Philip Guston & The Poets. Exh. cat. Essay by Kosme de Barañano. Hauser & Wirth, 2017, illus. in color p. 89 and mentioned in text p. 75
Cooper, Harry, Mark Godfrey, Alison de Lima Greene, and Kate Nesin. Philip Guston Now. Exh. cat. Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2020, illus. in color Plate 172 p. 169 and mentioned in text pp. 28 and 200
Storr, Robert. Writings on Art: 1980-2005. London: HENI, 2020, mentioned in text p. 510, not illus.
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 191 illus. in color p. 183 and mentioned in text pp. 180 and 197
Chambaz, Bernard. La Terre en colère: Déluges, séismes et autres catastrophes. Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 2023, mentioned in text p. 17, not illus.
Haidu, Rachel. Each One Another: The Self in Contemporary Art. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2023, mentioned in text p. 51, 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. 11, not illus.
Dagen, Philippe. "Au Musée Picasso, Philip Guston dans l'absurdité de l'histoire." Le Monde, October 26, 2025. Print, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 171 illus. in color p. 170 and mentioned in text pp. 41 and 42
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 171 illus. in color p. 170 and mentioned in text pp. 41 and 42
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Title
Deluge III
Date
1979
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
68 × 81½ in. (172.7 × 207.0 cm)
Inscription
Unsigned, undated
Catalogue Number
P79.006
Provenance
Private Collection, New York
Richard C. Hedreen, Seattle
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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