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.
P80.011
Provenance
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Musa Guston
Exhibitions
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., "Philip Guston: 1980 The Last Works", March 21, 1981 - May 24, 1981
Whitechapel Gallery, London, England, "Philip Guston: Paintings 1969 - 1980", October 13, 1982 - December 12, 1982
Hayden Gallery, Cambridge, MA, "Philip Guston: The Last Works Paintings and Drawings 1979 - 1980", October 13, 1984 - November 25, 1984
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC, "Philip Guston", February 11, 1986 - April 06, 1986
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "The Drawings of Philip Guston", September 08, 1988 - November 01, 1988
Musee de l'Abbaye St. Croix, Les Sables d'Olonne, France, "Philip Guston: Oeuvres sur papier 1975-1980", June 24, 1995 - September 30, 1995
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "A Century of American Drawings: From the Collection", May 23, 1996 - September 17, 1996
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Sight Gags: Grotesque, Caricature and Wit in Modern and Contemporary Drawing", January 21, 1999 - May 04, 1999
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
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
Whitechapel Gallery, London, England, "Philip Guston: Paintings 1969 - 1980", October 13, 1982 - December 12, 1982
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
Hayden Gallery, Cambridge, MA, "Philip Guston: The Last Works Paintings and Drawings 1979 - 1980", October 13, 1984 - November 25, 1984
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC, "Philip Guston", February 11, 1986 - April 06, 1986
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, "Philip Guston", May 17, 1986 - July 27, 1986
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "The Drawings of Philip Guston", September 08, 1988 - November 01, 1988
Museum Overholland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, "Philip Guston" (The Drawings of Philip Guston), January 14, 1989 - March 12, 1989
Centre Cultural de la Fundació Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona, Spain, "Dibuixos: Philip Guston", March 30, 1989 - May 14, 1989
Museum of Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, England, "The Drawings of Philip Guston", May 28, 1989 - July 23, 1989
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, "The Drawings of Philip Guston", August 09, 1989 - September 16, 1989
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Italy, "Philip Guston: Opere Su Carta 1933-1980", October 11, 1989 - November 26, 1989
Musee de l'Abbaye St. Croix, Les Sables d'Olonne, France, "Philip Guston: Oeuvres sur papier 1975-1980", June 24, 1995 - September 30, 1995
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "A Century of American Drawings: From the Collection", May 23, 1996 - September 17, 1996
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Sight Gags: Grotesque, Caricature and Wit in Modern and Contemporary Drawing", January 21, 1999 - May 04, 1999
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
Bibliography
Philip Guston 1980/The Last Works. Exh. cat. Essay by Morton Feldman. Washington D.C.: The Phillips Collection, 1981, cat. no. 10, illus. in b&w p. 17
Nicholas Serota, ed. Philip Guston: Paintings 1969–1980. Exh. cat. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1982, cat. no. 40.F., listed as "Untitled (Chain)"
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Greenville: Greenville County Museum of Art, 1986, illus. in color (no page #)
Gopnik, Adam. "Cyclops." The New Yorker, October 3, 1988, pp. 95–100, mentioned in text pp. 100-101, not illus.
Dabrowski, Magdalena. The Drawings of Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1988, cat. no. 149 illus. in color p. 167 and mentioned in text p. 42
Heraldo de Aragon (Saragossa). "Guston expone en Barcelona." March 31, 1989, illus. as part of an installation photo
Philip Guston, Opere Su Carta 1933–1980. Exh. cat. Milan: Electa, 1989, cat. no. 120, illus. in color p. 124
Dabrowski, Magdalena. Dibuixos Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Barcelona: Fundacio Caixa de Pensions, 1989, cat. no. 149 illus. in color p. 187
Philip Guston in the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Exh. cat. Essay by Robert Storr. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1992, illus. in color p. 27
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
Glueck, Grace. "Art Review; Doodles and Gags to Make 'Em Smile." The New York Times, February 19, 1999, mentioned in text, not illus.
Modern Contemporary: Art at MoMA Since 1980. Exh. cat. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2000, cat. no. 16 illus. in color p. 31
Kastein, Albrecht, ed. Philip Guston. Texts by Albrecht Kastein, Jutta Koether, Roberto Ohrt, and Willam Corbett. Exh. cat. Cologne: BQ, 2001, illus. in b&w p. 54
Philip Guston Acryl auf Papier Letzte Arbeiten. Exh. cat. Munich: Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, 2015, illus. in color p. 21
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 186 illus. in color p. 189
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 186 illus. in color p. 189
Nicholas Serota, ed. Philip Guston: Paintings 1969–1980. Exh. cat. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1982, cat. no. 40.F., listed as "Untitled (Chain)"
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Greenville: Greenville County Museum of Art, 1986, illus. in color (no page #)
Gopnik, Adam. "Cyclops." The New Yorker, October 3, 1988, pp. 95–100, mentioned in text pp. 100-101, not illus.
Dabrowski, Magdalena. The Drawings of Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1988, cat. no. 149 illus. in color p. 167 and mentioned in text p. 42
Heraldo de Aragon (Saragossa). "Guston expone en Barcelona." March 31, 1989, illus. as part of an installation photo
Philip Guston, Opere Su Carta 1933–1980. Exh. cat. Milan: Electa, 1989, cat. no. 120, illus. in color p. 124
Dabrowski, Magdalena. Dibuixos Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Barcelona: Fundacio Caixa de Pensions, 1989, cat. no. 149 illus. in color p. 187
Philip Guston in the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Exh. cat. Essay by Robert Storr. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1992, illus. in color p. 27
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
Glueck, Grace. "Art Review; Doodles and Gags to Make 'Em Smile." The New York Times, February 19, 1999, mentioned in text, not illus.
Modern Contemporary: Art at MoMA Since 1980. Exh. cat. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2000, cat. no. 16 illus. in color p. 31
Kastein, Albrecht, ed. Philip Guston. Texts by Albrecht Kastein, Jutta Koether, Roberto Ohrt, and Willam Corbett. Exh. cat. Cologne: BQ, 2001, illus. in b&w p. 54
Philip Guston Acryl auf Papier Letzte Arbeiten. Exh. cat. Munich: Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, 2015, illus. in color p. 21
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 186 illus. in color p. 189
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 186 illus. in color p. 189
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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
P80.011
Provenance
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Musa Guston
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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