Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné
Title
Flame
Date
1979
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
69 x 74 in.175.3 x 188.0 cm
Inscription
Signed front lower left: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "FLAME" 1979 [underlined]/ OIL - 69x74 [underlined]
Catalogue No.
P79.011
Provenance
Promised gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibitions
David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "A Tribute to Philip Guston: Paintings and Drawings from 1950 to 1980", October 11, 1980 - November 12, 1980
Whitechapel Gallery, London, England, "Philip Guston: Paintings 1969 - 1980", October 13, 1982 - December 12, 1982
Skidmore College, Schick Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY, "Philip Guston: Early and Late Works", October 15, 1987 - November 15, 1987
Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany, "Bilderstreit Widerspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960", April 08, 1989 - June 28, 1989
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston 1975-1980: Private and Public Battles", September 17, 1994 - October 30, 1994
Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany, "Picasso, Guston, Miro, de Kooning: In vollkommener Freiheit, Painting for themselves: Late Works", October 20, 1996 - February 07, 1997
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "Philip Guston: Gemälde 1947 - 1979", September 02, 1999 - November 01, 1999
IVAM Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain, "Philip Guston One-Shot Painting", December 13, 2001 - March 03, 2002
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, "Philip Guston Retrospective", March 30, 2003 - June 08, 2003
La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy, "51st International Art Exhibition Venice Biennial - Always a little further (The Experience of Art)", June 12, 2005 - November 06, 2005
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "Die Sammlung: Color and Content", December 15, 2010 - January 01, 2011
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, "Philip Guston - das große Spätwerk", November 06, 2013 - February 02, 2014
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy, "Philip Guston and the Poets", May 10, 2017 - September 03, 2017
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston Now", May 01, 2022 - September 11, 2022
Whitechapel Gallery, London, England, "Philip Guston: Paintings 1969 - 1980", October 13, 1982 - December 12, 1982
Skidmore College, Schick Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY, "Philip Guston: Early and Late Works", October 15, 1987 - November 15, 1987
Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany, "Bilderstreit Widerspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960", April 08, 1989 - June 28, 1989
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston 1975-1980: Private and Public Battles", September 17, 1994 - October 30, 1994
Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany, "Picasso, Guston, Miro, de Kooning: In vollkommener Freiheit, Painting for themselves: Late Works", October 20, 1996 - February 07, 1997
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "Philip Guston: Gemälde 1947 - 1979", September 02, 1999 - November 01, 1999
IVAM Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain, "Philip Guston One-Shot Painting", December 13, 2001 - March 03, 2002
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, "Philip Guston Retrospective", March 30, 2003 - June 08, 2003
La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy, "51st International Art Exhibition Venice Biennial - Always a little further (The Experience of Art)", June 12, 2005 - November 06, 2005
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "Die Sammlung: Color and Content", December 15, 2010 - January 01, 2011
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, "Philip Guston - das große Spätwerk", November 06, 2013 - February 02, 2014
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy, "Philip Guston and the Poets", May 10, 2017 - September 03, 2017
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston Now", May 01, 2022 - September 11, 2022
Bibliography
Kachur, Lewis. "Philip Guston." Arts Magazine, January 1981, p. 9, illus. in b&w and mentioned in text
Sweet, David. "Philip Guston and Beyond." Artscribe, December 1982, illus. in b&w p. 27
Nicholas Serota, ed. Philip Guston: Paintings 1969–1980. Exh. cat. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1982, cat. no. 35, illus. in color p. 45 (unpaginated)
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston. New York: Abbeville Modern Masters, 1986, illus. in color no. 77 p. 77
Philip Guston: Early and Late Works. Exh. cat. Saratoga Springs: Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, 1987, cat. no. 13-P, illus. in b&w (no page #)
Bilderstreit: Widerspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960. Exh. cat. Cologne: Museum Ludwig, 1989, cat. no. 242
McQuaid, Cate. "Battleground: How Philip Guston Fought the War to Create Art." Boston Phoenix, September 23, 1994, section Arts & Entertainment, p. 11, mentioned in text, not illus.
Unger, Miles. "Philip Guston: Wrestling with the Past." Art New England, December 1994–January 1995, pp. 32–34, 71, mentioned in text p. 71, not illus.
Sichel, Kim, and Mary Drach McInnes. Philip Guston 1975–1980: Private and Public Battles. Exh. cat. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994, Plate 10, illus. in color p. 61
St. Galler Tagblatt (St. Gallen, CH). "Ein Feuer in der Finsternis." November 30, 1996, illus.
Picasso, Guston, Miro, de Kooning: In vollkommener Freiheit. Exh. cat. Bremen: Neues Museum Weserberg Bremen, 1996, cat. no. 8, illus. in color p. 112
Kliemann, Thomas. "Ein Mandarin will Tölpel sein." General-Anzeiger (Bonn), September 2, 1999, mentioned in text, not illus.
Vielhaber, Christiane. "Bonn: Philip Guston." Kunstzeitung, October 1999, mentioned in text, not illus.
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. 127
Halkes, Petra. "Figuring Out Abstraction." Border Crossings, August 2000, pp. 75–77, mentioned in text p. 75, not illus.
Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, illus. in color p. 127 and mentioned in text p. 24
Ottinger, Didier, and Philip Roth. Philip Guston: Peintures 1947–1979. Exh. cat. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 2000, unnumbered catalog, illus. in color p. 80
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. 161
Anfam, David. "Telling Tales: Philip Guston in Retrospect." Artforum International, May 2003, pp. 132–39, 192, detail illus. in color p. 138 and mentioned in text p. 192
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. Hardcover ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 128 (unpaginated but would be p. 225)
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 128, unpaginated
51 Biennale di Venezia. The Experience of Art. Exh. cat. Venice: Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia, 2005, cat. no. 1, illus. in color p. 107
El fuego bajo las ceniza (de Picasso a Basquiat)/ Fire Under the Ashes (from Picasso to Basquiat). Exh. cat. Valencia: IVAM Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, 2005, illus. in color on front cover and in color on p. 25
Anfam, David. "Philip Guston: Rome and Washington." Burlington Magazine, September 2010, pp. 636-37, mentioned in text p. 636, not illus.
Miller, Peter Benson, ed. Philip Guston Roma. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2010, mentioned in text p. 34 (Peter Benson Miller essay), not illus.
Pfeiffer, Ingrid, and Max Hollein, eds. Philip Guston Das Grosse Spatwerk/Late Works. Exh. cat. Cologne: Strzeleckibooks, 2013, illus. in color p. 68
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., listed as "The Flame"
Jakubowski, Dan. "Philip Guston and the Poets." Artforum, July 5, 2017. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston & The Poets. Exh. cat. Essay by Kosme de Barañano. Hauser & Wirth, 2017, illus. in color p. 47 and mentioned in text p. 56
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 233 illus. in color p. 216 and mentioned in text p. 209
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 169 p. 166 and mentioned in text pp. 125 and 203
Saccocia, Susan. "Spotlight Review: Philip Guston Now." Art New England, July/August 2022. Print, mentioned in text, not illus.
Pogrebin, Robin. "More Than 200 Philip Guston Works Are Headed to the Met." New York Times, December 14, 2022. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Greenberger, Alex. "Metropolitan Museum to Receive 220-Work Philip Guston Gift from the Artist's Daughter." ARTnews, December 14, 2022. Online, illus. in color
La Voce di New York. "The Met Museum Receives Gift of 220 Philip Guston Works from His Daughter." December 14, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Pogrebin, Robin. "Met to Receive Trove Of Philip Guston's Art." New York Times, December 15, 2022, pp. C1, C6, mentioned in text p. C6, not illus.
Chow, Vivienne. "The Met Now Boasts the World's Largest Collection of Philip Guston's Work, Thanks to a 220-Piece Gift by the Artist's Daughter." artnet News, December 15, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Dziemianowicz, Joe. "220 Philip Guston Artworks Have a New Home at The Met." Penta (New York), December 16, 2022. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Schwabsky, Barry. "Philip Guston Now." Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2023. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Tate Etc. "Transformations on a Canvas." Issue 59, Autumn 2023, pp. 72-83, mentioned in text p. 80, not illus.
Sweet, David. "Philip Guston and Beyond." Artscribe, December 1982, illus. in b&w p. 27
Nicholas Serota, ed. Philip Guston: Paintings 1969–1980. Exh. cat. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1982, cat. no. 35, illus. in color p. 45 (unpaginated)
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston. New York: Abbeville Modern Masters, 1986, illus. in color no. 77 p. 77
Philip Guston: Early and Late Works. Exh. cat. Saratoga Springs: Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, 1987, cat. no. 13-P, illus. in b&w (no page #)
Bilderstreit: Widerspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960. Exh. cat. Cologne: Museum Ludwig, 1989, cat. no. 242
McQuaid, Cate. "Battleground: How Philip Guston Fought the War to Create Art." Boston Phoenix, September 23, 1994, section Arts & Entertainment, p. 11, mentioned in text, not illus.
Unger, Miles. "Philip Guston: Wrestling with the Past." Art New England, December 1994–January 1995, pp. 32–34, 71, mentioned in text p. 71, not illus.
Sichel, Kim, and Mary Drach McInnes. Philip Guston 1975–1980: Private and Public Battles. Exh. cat. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994, Plate 10, illus. in color p. 61
St. Galler Tagblatt (St. Gallen, CH). "Ein Feuer in der Finsternis." November 30, 1996, illus.
Picasso, Guston, Miro, de Kooning: In vollkommener Freiheit. Exh. cat. Bremen: Neues Museum Weserberg Bremen, 1996, cat. no. 8, illus. in color p. 112
Kliemann, Thomas. "Ein Mandarin will Tölpel sein." General-Anzeiger (Bonn), September 2, 1999, mentioned in text, not illus.
Vielhaber, Christiane. "Bonn: Philip Guston." Kunstzeitung, October 1999, mentioned in text, not illus.
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. 127
Halkes, Petra. "Figuring Out Abstraction." Border Crossings, August 2000, pp. 75–77, mentioned in text p. 75, not illus.
Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, illus. in color p. 127 and mentioned in text p. 24
Ottinger, Didier, and Philip Roth. Philip Guston: Peintures 1947–1979. Exh. cat. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 2000, unnumbered catalog, illus. in color p. 80
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. 161
Anfam, David. "Telling Tales: Philip Guston in Retrospect." Artforum International, May 2003, pp. 132–39, 192, detail illus. in color p. 138 and mentioned in text p. 192
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. Hardcover ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 128 (unpaginated but would be p. 225)
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 128, unpaginated
51 Biennale di Venezia. The Experience of Art. Exh. cat. Venice: Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia, 2005, cat. no. 1, illus. in color p. 107
El fuego bajo las ceniza (de Picasso a Basquiat)/ Fire Under the Ashes (from Picasso to Basquiat). Exh. cat. Valencia: IVAM Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, 2005, illus. in color on front cover and in color on p. 25
Anfam, David. "Philip Guston: Rome and Washington." Burlington Magazine, September 2010, pp. 636-37, mentioned in text p. 636, not illus.
Miller, Peter Benson, ed. Philip Guston Roma. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2010, mentioned in text p. 34 (Peter Benson Miller essay), not illus.
Pfeiffer, Ingrid, and Max Hollein, eds. Philip Guston Das Grosse Spatwerk/Late Works. Exh. cat. Cologne: Strzeleckibooks, 2013, illus. in color p. 68
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., listed as "The Flame"
Jakubowski, Dan. "Philip Guston and the Poets." Artforum, July 5, 2017. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston & The Poets. Exh. cat. Essay by Kosme de Barañano. Hauser & Wirth, 2017, illus. in color p. 47 and mentioned in text p. 56
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 233 illus. in color p. 216 and mentioned in text p. 209
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 169 p. 166 and mentioned in text pp. 125 and 203
Saccocia, Susan. "Spotlight Review: Philip Guston Now." Art New England, July/August 2022. Print, mentioned in text, not illus.
Pogrebin, Robin. "More Than 200 Philip Guston Works Are Headed to the Met." New York Times, December 14, 2022. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Greenberger, Alex. "Metropolitan Museum to Receive 220-Work Philip Guston Gift from the Artist's Daughter." ARTnews, December 14, 2022. Online, illus. in color
La Voce di New York. "The Met Museum Receives Gift of 220 Philip Guston Works from His Daughter." December 14, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Pogrebin, Robin. "Met to Receive Trove Of Philip Guston's Art." New York Times, December 15, 2022, pp. C1, C6, mentioned in text p. C6, not illus.
Chow, Vivienne. "The Met Now Boasts the World's Largest Collection of Philip Guston's Work, Thanks to a 220-Piece Gift by the Artist's Daughter." artnet News, December 15, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Dziemianowicz, Joe. "220 Philip Guston Artworks Have a New Home at The Met." Penta (New York), December 16, 2022. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Schwabsky, Barry. "Philip Guston Now." Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2023. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Tate Etc. "Transformations on a Canvas." Issue 59, Autumn 2023, pp. 72-83, mentioned in text p. 80, not illus.
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Title
Flame
Date
1979
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
69 × 74 in. (175.3 × 188.0 cm)
Inscription
Signed front lower left: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "FLAME" 1979 [underlined]/ OIL - 69x74 [underlined]
Catalogue Number
P79.011
Provenance
Promised gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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