Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné

Title
Sunrise
Date
1979
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
68 x 94 in.172.7 x 238.8 cm
Inscription
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "SUNRISE" 1979 [underlined]/ OIL - 68 x 94 [underlined]
Catalogue No.
P79.010
Provenance
Portland Museum of Art, Maine, Gift of the Alex Katz Foundation, 2022.12.2
Alex Katz Foundation, New York, NY
Exhibitions
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy, "Philip Guston and the Poets", May 10, 2017 - September 03, 2017
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME, "Painting Energy: The Alex Katz Foundation Collection at the Portland Museum of Art", May 23, 2025 - September 14, 2025
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME, "Painting Energy: The Alex Katz Foundation Collection at the Portland Museum of Art", May 23, 2025 - September 14, 2025
Bibliography
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. 44 and mentioned in text pp. 24 and 56
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, mentioned in text pp. 197 and 220
Depth of Field: The Alan & Dorothy Press Collection. New York: Christie's. Auction cat. 2023, illus. in color p. 51
Pontone, Maya. "Alex Katz's Love Affair With Maine: The artist has donated over 150 works from his foundation's collection to the Portland Museum of Art, among other institutions in the state." Hyperallergic, June 20, 2024. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text
Painting Energy: The Alex Katz Foundation at the Portland Museum of Art. Exh. cat. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2025, cat. no. 73, illus. in color p. 166, plate p. 79 and mentioned in text pp. 80-81
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, mentioned in text p. 42, not illus.
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, mentioned in text p. 42, not illus.
Philip Guston & The Poets. Exh. cat. Essay by Kosme de Barañano. Hauser & Wirth, 2017, illus. in color p. 44 and mentioned in text pp. 24 and 56
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, mentioned in text pp. 197 and 220
Depth of Field: The Alan & Dorothy Press Collection. New York: Christie's. Auction cat. 2023, illus. in color p. 51
Pontone, Maya. "Alex Katz's Love Affair With Maine: The artist has donated over 150 works from his foundation's collection to the Portland Museum of Art, among other institutions in the state." Hyperallergic, June 20, 2024. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text
Painting Energy: The Alex Katz Foundation at the Portland Museum of Art. Exh. cat. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2025, cat. no. 73, illus. in color p. 166, plate p. 79 and mentioned in text pp. 80-81
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, mentioned in text p. 42, not illus.
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, mentioned in text p. 42, not illus.
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Title
Sunrise
Date
1979
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
68 × 94 in. (172.7 × 238.8 cm)
Inscription
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "SUNRISE" 1979 [underlined]/ OIL - 68 x 94 [underlined]
Catalogue Number
P79.010
Provenance
Portland Museum of Art, Maine, Gift of the Alex Katz Foundation, 2022.12.2
Alex Katz Foundation, New York, NY
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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