Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné
Title
Untitled
Date
1980
Medium
Acrylic and ink on illustration board
Dimensions
20 x 30 in.50.8 x 76.2 cm
Inscription
Unsigned, undated
Catalogue No.
P80.008
Provenance
Promised gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibitions
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., "Philip Guston: 1980 The Last Works", March 21, 1981 - May 24, 1981
Hayden Gallery, Cambridge, MA, "Philip Guston: The Last Works Paintings and Drawings 1979 - 1980", October 13, 1984 - November 25, 1984
Musee de l'Abbaye St. Croix, Les Sables d'Olonne, France, "Philip Guston: Oeuvres sur papier 1975-1980", June 24, 1995 - September 30, 1995
Williams Center for the Arts , Easton, PA, "Philip Guston The Last Works", April 09, 1998 - May 06, 1998
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, "Philip Guston Retrospective", March 30, 2003 - June 08, 2003
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "Philip Guston: Works on Paper", February 28, 2007 - May 20, 2007
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany, "Philip Guston: Three views: The complete printed works, last acrylic works on paper, and drawings for poets", March 26, 2015 - June 28, 2015
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston Now", May 01, 2022 - September 11, 2022
Musée national Picasso-Paris, Paris, France, "Philip Guston. L’ironie de l’histoire", October 14, 2025 - March 01, 2026
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, "Philip Guston: 1980 The Last Works", June 06, 1981 - September 13, 1981
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, "Philip Guston: 1980 The Last Works", October 03, 1981 - January 03, 1982
David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: 1980 The Last Works", January 12, 1982 - February 12, 1982
Hayden Gallery, Cambridge, MA, "Philip Guston: The Last Works Paintings and Drawings 1979 - 1980", October 13, 1984 - November 25, 1984
Musee de l'Abbaye St. Croix, Les Sables d'Olonne, France, "Philip Guston: Oeuvres sur papier 1975-1980", June 24, 1995 - September 30, 1995
Williams Center for the Arts , Easton, PA, "Philip Guston The Last Works", April 09, 1998 - May 06, 1998
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
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, "Philip Guston Retrospective", October 27, 2003 - January 04, 2004
Royal Academy of Arts, London, England, "The Art of Philip Guston: 1913-1980", January 24, 2004 - April 12, 2004
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "Philip Guston: Works on Paper", February 28, 2007 - May 20, 2007
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, "Philip Guston: Works on Paper", May 31, 2007 - August 26, 2007
Albertina, Vienna, Austria, "Philip Guston: Works on Paper", September 07, 2007 - November 25, 2007
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany, "Philip Guston: Works on Paper", December 13, 2007 - March 02, 2008
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Works on Paper", May 02, 2008 - August 31, 2008
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany, "Philip Guston: Three views: The complete printed works, last acrylic works on paper, and drawings for poets", March 26, 2015 - June 28, 2015
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston Now", May 01, 2022 - September 11, 2022
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX, "Philip Guston Now", October 23, 2022 - January 15, 2023
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., "Philip Guston Now", March 02, 2023 - August 27, 2023
Musée national Picasso-Paris, Paris, France, "Philip Guston. L’ironie de l’histoire", October 14, 2025 - March 01, 2026
Bibliography
Philip Guston 1980/The Last Works. Exh. cat. Essay by Morton Feldman. Washington D.C.: The Phillips Collection, 1981, cat. no. 18, illus. on the cover in color
Ottinger, Didier. Philip Guston (1913–1980) Oeuvres Sur Papier 1975–1980. Exh. cat. Les Sables d'Olonne: Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix des Sables d'Olonne, France, 1995, illus. in color
Anfam, David. "Telling Tales: Philip Guston in Retrospect." Artforum International, May 2003, pp. 132–39, 192, mentioned in text p. 138, not illus.
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 133, unpaginated, listed as "Untitled (Cherries)"
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. Hardcover ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 133 (unpaginated but would be p. 230)
Weskott, Hanne. "Provokante Bilderrastel." Zeitung, December 13, 2007, illus. in color
Schreier, Christoph, Poul Erik Tøjner, Isabel Dervaux, and Michael Semff. Philip Guston: Works on Paper. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007, cat. no. 93, illus. in color p. 173
Hatje Cantz Catalog of Recent Publications. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, c. 2007, in review of "Philip Guston: Works on Paper" illus. in color p. 39
Financial Times (London). "Guide: Arts around the world: New York: Philip Guston." April 28, 2008, illus.
Lacayo, Richard. "The Drawings of Philip Guston." Time, May 1, 2008. Online, illus. in color
Esplund, Lance. "Guston Times Two: The Morgan's Philip Guston Retrospective Presents an Artist at His Peaks and Valleys, Lance Esplund Writes." New York Sun, May 1, 2008, p. 13, illus. in color p. 13, listed as "Untitled (Cherries)"
Banks, Eric. "Walk the Line: Philip Guston's Creepy Klansmen and Cartoon Nixons Pushed the Limits on Paper." Men's Vogue (US), May 2008, illus. in color
Cohane, Ondine. "Travelista." Financial Times (London), May 4, 2008. Print, illus.
Crow, Kelly. "Guston, With a Cherry on Top: The Artist's Journey from Abstraction to Figurative Art is Examined in a New Exhibit." Wall Street Journal, May 8, 2008, section Weekend Journal, illus. in b&w, listed as "Untitled (Cherries)"
Yablonsky, Linda. "Hooded Men, Old Shoes: Guston's Dark Sketches at Morgan Library." Bloomberg, May 12, 2008. Online, illus.
New York. "The Approval Matrix: Our Deliberately Oversimplified Guide to Who Falls Where on Our Taste Hierarchies." May 12, 2008, illus. in upper right hand corner of matrix ("Highbrow" and "Brilliant" quadrant)
Fineman, Mia. "Drawn-Out Process: Philip Guston's Brave Evolution from Abstract Expressionist to Comics-Inspired Draftsman." Slate Magazine, May 14, 2008. Online., illus. in color in online slide show essay
Feeney, Mark. "Guston to Diebenkorn, Dumas to Peterson." Sunday Telegram, May 18, 2008, illus.
Boston Sunday Globe. "Guston to Diebenkorn, Dumas to Peterson." May 18, 2008, illus.
Dervaux, Isabelle. "Drawing from the Centre: An Overdue Retrospective of Philip Guston's Works on Paper Charts a Painter's Journey Towards Despair." Art World (London), June/July 2008, illus. and mentioned in text
Wilkin, Karen. "An Artist's Drawings Trace an Odd Trajectory." Wall Street Journal, June 12, 2008, section Leisure & Arts, D11, illus. in color
Dault, Julia. "'Philip Guston' Review of Works on Paper Show at the Morgan Museum & Library." Border Crossings, November 2008, pp. 94-95, illus. in color p. 94 and mentioned in text p. 95
Kuspit, Donald. "Philip Guston: Morgan Library and Museum." Artforum, November 2008, illus. in color
Pasta, Paulo. "Crapola, estopa e parafina." Serrote 2 (August 2009), illus. in color p. 48
Martin, Andrew. "Guston Goes Electric." IDIOM, June 8, 2011. Online, illus. in color, listed as "Untitled (Cherries)"
Philip Guston Acryl auf Papier Letzte Arbeiten. Exh. cat. Munich: Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, 2015, illus. in color p. 49
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 181 p. 176
Tucci, Amanda. "Exposição de Philip Guston é finalmente inaugurada em Boston." Arte Que Acontece (São Paulo), May 5, 2022. Online, illus. in color
The Paper (Shanghai). "推迟两年的加斯顿展开幕，美术馆如何面对争议?" May 6, 2022. Online, illus. in color
Naves, Mario. "Finding Context: After a nearly two-year postponement, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston became the first of four venues to open the Philip Guston Now exhibition." Art & Antiques, June 2022, pp. 34-39, illus. in color p. 36
Bolton-Fasman, Judy. "The Art and Social Conscience of Jewish Artist Philip Guston." JewishBoston, June 28, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of slideshow
Yau, John. "Philip Guston's Haunted Testimonies." Hyperallergic, August 18, 2022. Online, illus. in color
Brent, Frances. "The Subversive Art of Philip Guston." Moment, September/October 2022, section Visual Moment, Arts & Culture. Online., illus. in color
Davis, Sylvia Edwards. "Spotlight on America at the Picasso-Paris Museum." France Today, December 19, 2025. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 175 illus. in color p. 176
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 175 illus. in color p. 176
Kasher, Steven. Memoir of a Collection: Finding Meaning Through Art. New York: Abbeville Press, 2026, mentioned in text p. 42, not illus.
Ottinger, Didier. Philip Guston (1913–1980) Oeuvres Sur Papier 1975–1980. Exh. cat. Les Sables d'Olonne: Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix des Sables d'Olonne, France, 1995, illus. in color
Anfam, David. "Telling Tales: Philip Guston in Retrospect." Artforum International, May 2003, pp. 132–39, 192, mentioned in text p. 138, not illus.
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 133, unpaginated, listed as "Untitled (Cherries)"
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. Hardcover ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 133 (unpaginated but would be p. 230)
Weskott, Hanne. "Provokante Bilderrastel." Zeitung, December 13, 2007, illus. in color
Schreier, Christoph, Poul Erik Tøjner, Isabel Dervaux, and Michael Semff. Philip Guston: Works on Paper. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007, cat. no. 93, illus. in color p. 173
Hatje Cantz Catalog of Recent Publications. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, c. 2007, in review of "Philip Guston: Works on Paper" illus. in color p. 39
Financial Times (London). "Guide: Arts around the world: New York: Philip Guston." April 28, 2008, illus.
Lacayo, Richard. "The Drawings of Philip Guston." Time, May 1, 2008. Online, illus. in color
Esplund, Lance. "Guston Times Two: The Morgan's Philip Guston Retrospective Presents an Artist at His Peaks and Valleys, Lance Esplund Writes." New York Sun, May 1, 2008, p. 13, illus. in color p. 13, listed as "Untitled (Cherries)"
Banks, Eric. "Walk the Line: Philip Guston's Creepy Klansmen and Cartoon Nixons Pushed the Limits on Paper." Men's Vogue (US), May 2008, illus. in color
Cohane, Ondine. "Travelista." Financial Times (London), May 4, 2008. Print, illus.
Crow, Kelly. "Guston, With a Cherry on Top: The Artist's Journey from Abstraction to Figurative Art is Examined in a New Exhibit." Wall Street Journal, May 8, 2008, section Weekend Journal, illus. in b&w, listed as "Untitled (Cherries)"
Yablonsky, Linda. "Hooded Men, Old Shoes: Guston's Dark Sketches at Morgan Library." Bloomberg, May 12, 2008. Online, illus.
New York. "The Approval Matrix: Our Deliberately Oversimplified Guide to Who Falls Where on Our Taste Hierarchies." May 12, 2008, illus. in upper right hand corner of matrix ("Highbrow" and "Brilliant" quadrant)
Fineman, Mia. "Drawn-Out Process: Philip Guston's Brave Evolution from Abstract Expressionist to Comics-Inspired Draftsman." Slate Magazine, May 14, 2008. Online., illus. in color in online slide show essay
Feeney, Mark. "Guston to Diebenkorn, Dumas to Peterson." Sunday Telegram, May 18, 2008, illus.
Boston Sunday Globe. "Guston to Diebenkorn, Dumas to Peterson." May 18, 2008, illus.
Dervaux, Isabelle. "Drawing from the Centre: An Overdue Retrospective of Philip Guston's Works on Paper Charts a Painter's Journey Towards Despair." Art World (London), June/July 2008, illus. and mentioned in text
Wilkin, Karen. "An Artist's Drawings Trace an Odd Trajectory." Wall Street Journal, June 12, 2008, section Leisure & Arts, D11, illus. in color
Dault, Julia. "'Philip Guston' Review of Works on Paper Show at the Morgan Museum & Library." Border Crossings, November 2008, pp. 94-95, illus. in color p. 94 and mentioned in text p. 95
Kuspit, Donald. "Philip Guston: Morgan Library and Museum." Artforum, November 2008, illus. in color
Pasta, Paulo. "Crapola, estopa e parafina." Serrote 2 (August 2009), illus. in color p. 48
Martin, Andrew. "Guston Goes Electric." IDIOM, June 8, 2011. Online, illus. in color, listed as "Untitled (Cherries)"
Philip Guston Acryl auf Papier Letzte Arbeiten. Exh. cat. Munich: Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, 2015, illus. in color p. 49
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 181 p. 176
Tucci, Amanda. "Exposição de Philip Guston é finalmente inaugurada em Boston." Arte Que Acontece (São Paulo), May 5, 2022. Online, illus. in color
The Paper (Shanghai). "推迟两年的加斯顿展开幕，美术馆如何面对争议?" May 6, 2022. Online, illus. in color
Naves, Mario. "Finding Context: After a nearly two-year postponement, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston became the first of four venues to open the Philip Guston Now exhibition." Art & Antiques, June 2022, pp. 34-39, illus. in color p. 36
Bolton-Fasman, Judy. "The Art and Social Conscience of Jewish Artist Philip Guston." JewishBoston, June 28, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of slideshow
Yau, John. "Philip Guston's Haunted Testimonies." Hyperallergic, August 18, 2022. Online, illus. in color
Brent, Frances. "The Subversive Art of Philip Guston." Moment, September/October 2022, section Visual Moment, Arts & Culture. Online., illus. in color
Davis, Sylvia Edwards. "Spotlight on America at the Picasso-Paris Museum." France Today, December 19, 2025. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 175 illus. in color p. 176
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 175 illus. in color p. 176
Kasher, Steven. Memoir of a Collection: Finding Meaning Through Art. New York: Abbeville Press, 2026, mentioned in text p. 42, not illus.
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Title
Untitled
Date
1980
Medium
Acrylic and ink on illustration board
Dimensions
20 × 30 in. (50.8 × 76.2 cm)
Inscription
Unsigned, undated
Catalogue Number
P80.008
Provenance
Promised gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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