Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné

Title
Untitled
Date
1980
Medium
Acrylic and ink on paper
Dimensions
23 x 29 in.58.4 x 73.7 cm
Inscription
Signed and dated front lower center: 1980 P.G.
Catalogue No.
P80.026
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
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
Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain, "Philip Guston La Raiz Del Dibujo", May 11, 1993 - June 30, 1993
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
Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville, Spain, "Los Excesos de la Mente", May 29, 2002 - September 22, 2002
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
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
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
Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain, "Philip Guston La Raiz Del Dibujo", May 11, 1993 - June 30, 1993
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
Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville, Spain, "Los Excesos de la Mente", May 29, 2002 - September 22, 2002
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
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. 6, illus. in color p. 13
Nicholas Serota, ed. Philip Guston: Paintings 1969–1980. Exh. cat. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1982, cat. no. 40.E., not illus., listed as "Untitled (Slope)"
de Barañano, Kosme Maria. Philip Guston: La Raiz del Dibujo. Exh. cat. Bilbao: Sala Rekalde, 1993, cat. no. 112, illus. in color p. 182
Corbett, William. Philip Guston's Late Work: A Memoir. Boston: Zoland Books, 1994, mentioned in text p. 103, 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
Philip Guston: The Last Works. Exh. cat. Easton: Lafayette College, 1998, fig. 4, illus. in color p. 7
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, illus. in color p. 38
Centro Andaluz de Arts, Contemporaneo. Los excesos de la mente. Exh. cat. Sevilla: Empresa Publica de Gestion de Programas Culturales, 2002, illus. in color p. 104
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. Hardcover ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 135 (unpaginated but would be p. 232)
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 135, unpaginated
Reiner, Lucas. "Fear and Trembling of the Image." Beyond Baroque, 2004, pp. 6-11, mentioned in text p. 9, not illus.
Zaller, Robert. "The Abandoned Studio: Philip Guston's Gnostic Testament." Boulevard 20, no. 2-3 (2005): pp. 100–18, illus. in b&w p. 121 and mentioned in text pp. 116 and 117 as "Untitled [Hillside]"
Schreier, Christoph, Poul Erik Tøjner, Isabel Dervaux, and Michael Semff. Philip Guston: Works on Paper. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007, cat. no. 96, illus. in color p. 179
Johnson, Ken. "Primal Instincts Hooked to an Art Against Artifice." The New York Times, May 2, 2008, section Arts, pp. E25, E29, illus. in color p. E25
Johnson, Ken. "Primal Instincts Hooked to an Art Against Artifice." New York Times, May 2, 2008. Online, illus. in color
Naves, Mario. "How Abstract Clumps Became Philip Roth and Dick Nixon." New York Observer, May 6, 2008. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston Acryl auf Papier Letzte Arbeiten. Exh. cat. Munich: Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, 2015, illus. in color p. 13
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Munich: Sieveking Verlag; Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2016, illus. no. 108, illus. in color p. 296
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: Un ritratto intimo di Philip Guston. Monza: Johan & Levi, 2017, illus. in color fig. 45 (following p. 224) and mentioned in text p. 240
Elliott, David. "The Unstoppable Paintings of Philip Guston." Border Crossings, November 2020, pp. 48-55, mentioned in text p. 52, not illus.
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 257 illus. in color p. 231
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 178 p. 174
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2023, illus. no. 108, illus. in color p. 296
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. 188 illus. in color p. 191
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 188 illus. in color p. 191
Nicholas Serota, ed. Philip Guston: Paintings 1969–1980. Exh. cat. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1982, cat. no. 40.E., not illus., listed as "Untitled (Slope)"
de Barañano, Kosme Maria. Philip Guston: La Raiz del Dibujo. Exh. cat. Bilbao: Sala Rekalde, 1993, cat. no. 112, illus. in color p. 182
Corbett, William. Philip Guston's Late Work: A Memoir. Boston: Zoland Books, 1994, mentioned in text p. 103, 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
Philip Guston: The Last Works. Exh. cat. Easton: Lafayette College, 1998, fig. 4, illus. in color p. 7
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, illus. in color p. 38
Centro Andaluz de Arts, Contemporaneo. Los excesos de la mente. Exh. cat. Sevilla: Empresa Publica de Gestion de Programas Culturales, 2002, illus. in color p. 104
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. Hardcover ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 135 (unpaginated but would be p. 232)
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 135, unpaginated
Reiner, Lucas. "Fear and Trembling of the Image." Beyond Baroque, 2004, pp. 6-11, mentioned in text p. 9, not illus.
Zaller, Robert. "The Abandoned Studio: Philip Guston's Gnostic Testament." Boulevard 20, no. 2-3 (2005): pp. 100–18, illus. in b&w p. 121 and mentioned in text pp. 116 and 117 as "Untitled [Hillside]"
Schreier, Christoph, Poul Erik Tøjner, Isabel Dervaux, and Michael Semff. Philip Guston: Works on Paper. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007, cat. no. 96, illus. in color p. 179
Johnson, Ken. "Primal Instincts Hooked to an Art Against Artifice." The New York Times, May 2, 2008, section Arts, pp. E25, E29, illus. in color p. E25
Johnson, Ken. "Primal Instincts Hooked to an Art Against Artifice." New York Times, May 2, 2008. Online, illus. in color
Naves, Mario. "How Abstract Clumps Became Philip Roth and Dick Nixon." New York Observer, May 6, 2008. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston Acryl auf Papier Letzte Arbeiten. Exh. cat. Munich: Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, 2015, illus. in color p. 13
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Munich: Sieveking Verlag; Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2016, illus. no. 108, illus. in color p. 296
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: Un ritratto intimo di Philip Guston. Monza: Johan & Levi, 2017, illus. in color fig. 45 (following p. 224) and mentioned in text p. 240
Elliott, David. "The Unstoppable Paintings of Philip Guston." Border Crossings, November 2020, pp. 48-55, mentioned in text p. 52, not illus.
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 257 illus. in color p. 231
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 178 p. 174
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2023, illus. no. 108, illus. in color p. 296
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. 188 illus. in color p. 191
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 188 illus. in color p. 191
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Title
Untitled
Date
1980
Medium
Acrylic and ink on paper
Dimensions
23 × 29 in. (58.4 × 73.7 cm)
Inscription
Signed and dated front lower center: 1980 P.G.
Catalogue Number
P80.026
Provenance
Promised gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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