Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné
Title
Ceremony
Date
1946 - 47
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
53 x 34¾ in.134.6 x 88.3 cm
Inscription
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ 440 W. 34 S [partial inscription]/ "CEREMONY" 19 [partial inscription]
Catalogue No.
P47.002
Provenance
Promised gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibitions
Riverside Museum, New York, NY, "'Best of Art' by Emily Genauer", February 06, 1948 - February 22, 1948
National Academy Museum, New York, NY, "122nd Annual Exhibition", March 25, 1948 - April 14, 1948
Iowa Memorial Union and Iowa Art Building, Iowa City, IA, "4th Summer Exhibition of Contemporary Art", June 1948 - July 30, 1948
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., "The Twenty-First Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings", March 27, 1949 - May 08, 1949
University Galleries, University of Nebraska, Morrill Hall, Lincoln, NE, "Nebraska Art Association 60th Annual Exhibition of American Art", March 25, 1950 - April 02, 1950
University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, "Philip Guston", April 10, 1950 - May 12, 1950
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, "The One Hundred and Forty-Sixth Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture", January 21, 1951 - February 25, 1951
National Academy Museum, New York, NY, "122nd Annual Exhibition", March 25, 1948 - April 14, 1948
Iowa Memorial Union and Iowa Art Building, Iowa City, IA, "4th Summer Exhibition of Contemporary Art", June 1948 - July 30, 1948
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., "The Twenty-First Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings", March 27, 1949 - May 08, 1949
University Galleries, University of Nebraska, Morrill Hall, Lincoln, NE, "Nebraska Art Association 60th Annual Exhibition of American Art", March 25, 1950 - April 02, 1950
University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, "Philip Guston", April 10, 1950 - May 12, 1950
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, "The One Hundred and Forty-Sixth Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture", January 21, 1951 - February 25, 1951
Bibliography
Janson, H. W.. Magazine of Art. "Philip Guston." February 1947, pp. 54–58, prior version of work illus. in b&w p. 58
Grunberg, John. "Guston Uses Recurring Theme: Paintings Suggest Games of Children." Daily Iowan, June 26, 1948, p. 3, illus. in b&w and mentioned in text
Genauer, Emily. "This Week in Art: Abstraction Takes an Emotional Tack." New York World-Telegram, July 13, 1948, illus. in b&w
Lowengrund, Margaret. "Artist at Large." Woodstock Weekly Window, July 22, 1948, mentioned in column, not illus.
Holmes, Mary. "Metamorphosis and Myth in Modern Art." Perspective, Winter 1948, pp. 77–85, illus. in b&w p. 77
Genauer, Emily. Best of Art. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1948, illus. in b&w p. 17 Plate 5, mentioned in text pp. 15-16
4th Summer Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Exh. cat. Iowa City: State University of Iowa, 1948, cat. no. 43, illus. in b&w (no page #)
122nd Annual Exhibition. Exh. cat. New York: National Academy of Design, 1948, cat. no. 139, not illus., work on sale for $2,000
The Twenty-First Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings. Exh. cat. Washington D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1949, cat. no. 69, not illus.
Notes and Comment from the Walker Art Center March 1950, 4, no. 6., (reprinted from Walker Art Center Edition of the Magazine of Art), illus. in b&w back page
Nebraska Art Association 60th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Exh. cat. Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1950, cat. no. 44, not illus.
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Minneapolis: University Gallery, University of Minnesota, 1950, cat. no. 13, illus. in b&w no page #, work reproduced upside down in catalog, Loaned by Midtown Galleries
Catalogue of the One Hundred and Forty-Sixth Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture. Exh. cat. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1951, cat. no. 164, not illus.
Moritz, Charles, ed. Current Biography, February 1971, pp. 10-13, mentioned in text p. 11, not illus.
Moritz, Charles, ed. Current Biography Yearbook 1971. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1971, pp. 176-178, mentioned in text p. 176, not illus.
O'Connor, Francis V., ed. "Philip Guston and Political Humanism." In Arts and Architecture in the Service of Politics, edited by Henry A. Milton and Linda Nochlin. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1978, mentioned in text p. 349, not illus.
Greene, Alison de Lima. "The Artist as Performer: Philip Guston's Early Work." Arts Magazine, November 1988, pp. 55–61, illus. in b&w p. 59 no. 12 and mentioned in text pp. 55, 59-60. Prior version of work illus. in b&w p. 59 no. 11
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston by His Daughter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988, mentioned in text p. 89, not illus.
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, London: Thames and Hudson, 1991, mentioned in text p. 89, not illus.
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. Reprint, Boston: Da Capo Press, 1997, mentioned in text p. 89, not illus.
New Forms: The Avant Garde Meets the American Scene, 1934–1949, Selections from the University of Iowa Museum of Art. Exh. cat. Iowa City: University of Iowa, 2013, mentioned in text p. 72, not illus.
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Munich: Sieveking Verlag; Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2016, illus. no. 33, illus. in color p. 61 and mentioned in text p. 126
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: Un ritratto intimo di Philip Guston. Monza: Johan & Levi, 2017, illus. in color fig. 14 (following p. 64) and mentioned in text p. 103
Mayer, Musa. Philip Guston. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in color and mentioned in text p. 28
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 25 illus. in color p. 37
Greenberger, Alex. "Metropolitan Museum to Receive 220-Work Philip Guston Gift from the Artist's Daughter." ARTnews, December 14, 2022. Online, illus. in color
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2023, illus. no. 33, illus. in color p. 61 and mentioned in text p. 126
Grunberg, John. "Guston Uses Recurring Theme: Paintings Suggest Games of Children." Daily Iowan, June 26, 1948, p. 3, illus. in b&w and mentioned in text
Genauer, Emily. "This Week in Art: Abstraction Takes an Emotional Tack." New York World-Telegram, July 13, 1948, illus. in b&w
Lowengrund, Margaret. "Artist at Large." Woodstock Weekly Window, July 22, 1948, mentioned in column, not illus.
Holmes, Mary. "Metamorphosis and Myth in Modern Art." Perspective, Winter 1948, pp. 77–85, illus. in b&w p. 77
Genauer, Emily. Best of Art. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1948, illus. in b&w p. 17 Plate 5, mentioned in text pp. 15-16
4th Summer Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Exh. cat. Iowa City: State University of Iowa, 1948, cat. no. 43, illus. in b&w (no page #)
122nd Annual Exhibition. Exh. cat. New York: National Academy of Design, 1948, cat. no. 139, not illus., work on sale for $2,000
The Twenty-First Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings. Exh. cat. Washington D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1949, cat. no. 69, not illus.
Notes and Comment from the Walker Art Center March 1950, 4, no. 6., (reprinted from Walker Art Center Edition of the Magazine of Art), illus. in b&w back page
Nebraska Art Association 60th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Exh. cat. Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1950, cat. no. 44, not illus.
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Minneapolis: University Gallery, University of Minnesota, 1950, cat. no. 13, illus. in b&w no page #, work reproduced upside down in catalog, Loaned by Midtown Galleries
Catalogue of the One Hundred and Forty-Sixth Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture. Exh. cat. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1951, cat. no. 164, not illus.
Moritz, Charles, ed. Current Biography, February 1971, pp. 10-13, mentioned in text p. 11, not illus.
Moritz, Charles, ed. Current Biography Yearbook 1971. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1971, pp. 176-178, mentioned in text p. 176, not illus.
O'Connor, Francis V., ed. "Philip Guston and Political Humanism." In Arts and Architecture in the Service of Politics, edited by Henry A. Milton and Linda Nochlin. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1978, mentioned in text p. 349, not illus.
Greene, Alison de Lima. "The Artist as Performer: Philip Guston's Early Work." Arts Magazine, November 1988, pp. 55–61, illus. in b&w p. 59 no. 12 and mentioned in text pp. 55, 59-60. Prior version of work illus. in b&w p. 59 no. 11
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston by His Daughter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988, mentioned in text p. 89, not illus.
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, London: Thames and Hudson, 1991, mentioned in text p. 89, not illus.
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. Reprint, Boston: Da Capo Press, 1997, mentioned in text p. 89, not illus.
New Forms: The Avant Garde Meets the American Scene, 1934–1949, Selections from the University of Iowa Museum of Art. Exh. cat. Iowa City: University of Iowa, 2013, mentioned in text p. 72, not illus.
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Munich: Sieveking Verlag; Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2016, illus. no. 33, illus. in color p. 61 and mentioned in text p. 126
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: Un ritratto intimo di Philip Guston. Monza: Johan & Levi, 2017, illus. in color fig. 14 (following p. 64) and mentioned in text p. 103
Mayer, Musa. Philip Guston. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in color and mentioned in text p. 28
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 25 illus. in color p. 37
Greenberger, Alex. "Metropolitan Museum to Receive 220-Work Philip Guston Gift from the Artist's Daughter." ARTnews, December 14, 2022. Online, illus. in color
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2023, illus. no. 33, illus. in color p. 61 and mentioned in text p. 126
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Title
Ceremony
Date
1946–47
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
53 × 34¾ in. (134.6 × 88.3 cm)
Inscription
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ 440 W. 34 S [partial inscription]/ "CEREMONY" 19 [partial inscription]
Catalogue Number
P47.002
Provenance
Promised gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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