Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné
Title
The Tormentors
Date
1947 - 1948
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
40⅞ x 60⅛ in.103.8 x 152.7 cm
Inscription
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: "THE TORMENTORS" [underlined]/1947-48/41" x 61" (underlined)/PHILIP GUSTON
Catalogue No.
P48.001
Provenance
Collection SFMOMA, Gift of the artist
Exhibitions
Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY, "Second Annual Art Conference Exhibition", August 20, 1948 - September 06, 1948
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, "1948 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting", November 13, 1948 - January 02, 1949
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, "The Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Paintings", October 19, 1950 - December 21, 1950
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, "Exhibition of Paintings", June 06, 1951 - August 15, 1951
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", May 03, 1962 - July 01, 1962
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, "New York School The First Generation Paintings of the 1940s and 1950s", June 18, 1965 - August 01, 1965
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, "Philip Guston, A Selective Retrospective Exhibition: 1945-1965", February 27, 1966 - March 27, 1966
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, Philip Guston: New Works in San Francisco, December 21, 1978 - January 21, 1979
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", May 15, 1980 - June 29, 1980
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Seven Artists in Depth: The Creative Process", August 07, 1986 - October 05, 1986
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, "Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura", March 01, 1989 - May 08, 1989
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "From Matisse to Diebenkorn: Selections from the Collection of Painting and Sculpture", January 18, 1995 - August 10, 1995
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA, "Philip Guston: Working Through the Forties", January 25, 1997 - March 16, 1997
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Matisse and Beyond: The Painting and Sculpture Collection", May 22, 1997 - August 21, 1999
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "Philip Guston: Gemälde 1947 - 1979", September 02, 1999 - November 01, 1999
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Matisse and Beyond: The Painting and Sculpture Collection", June 01, 2001 - October 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, "Matisse and Beyond: The Painting and Sculpture Collection", April 16, 2004 - September 02, 2009
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "75 Years of Looking Forward: Focus on Artists", September 29, 2009 - February 23, 2011
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Selected Histories: 20th-Century Art from the SFMOMA Collection", February 25, 2011 - September 5, 2012
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany, "Postwar: Art Between the Pacific and the Atlantic, 1945-1965", October 14, 2016 - March 26, 2017
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, Wayne Thiebaud: Artist's Choice, September 29, 2018 - March 17, 2019
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston Now", May 01, 2022 - September 11, 2022
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, "1948 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting", November 13, 1948 - January 02, 1949
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, "The Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Paintings", October 19, 1950 - December 21, 1950
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, "Exhibition of Paintings", June 06, 1951 - August 15, 1951
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", May 03, 1962 - July 01, 1962
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, "Philip Guston", September 20, 1962 - October 15, 1962
Whitechapel Gallery, London, England, "Philip Guston", January 16, 1963 - February 17, 1963
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium, "Philip Guston", March 01, 1963 - March 24, 1963
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA, "Philip Guston", May 22, 1963 - June 30, 1963
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, "New York School The First Generation Paintings of the 1940s and 1950s", June 18, 1965 - August 01, 1965
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, "Philip Guston, A Selective Retrospective Exhibition: 1945-1965", February 27, 1966 - March 27, 1966
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, Philip Guston: New Works in San Francisco, December 21, 1978 - January 21, 1979
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", May 15, 1980 - June 29, 1980
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", July 20, 1980 - September 09, 1980
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL, "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", November 12, 1980 - January 11, 1981
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", February 25, 1981 - April 26, 1981
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", June 30, 1981 - September 13, 1981
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Seven Artists in Depth: The Creative Process", August 07, 1986 - October 05, 1986
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, "Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura", March 01, 1989 - May 08, 1989
Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain, "Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura", May 25, 1989 - July 16, 1989
Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, "Philip Guston: 50 Years of Painting", September 09, 1989 - October 22, 1989
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, "Philip Guston: 50 Years of Painting", November 19, 1989 - January 14, 1990
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "From Matisse to Diebenkorn: Selections from the Collection of Painting and Sculpture", January 18, 1995 - August 10, 1995
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA, "Philip Guston: Working Through the Forties", January 25, 1997 - March 16, 1997
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC, "Philip Guston: Working Through the Forties", April 09, 1997 - June 29, 1997
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY, "Philip Guston: Working Through the Forties", November 15, 1997 - January 04, 1998
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Matisse and Beyond: The Painting and Sculpture Collection", May 22, 1997 - August 21, 1999
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "Philip Guston: Gemälde 1947 - 1979", September 02, 1999 - November 01, 1999
Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, "Philip Guston: Gemälde 1947 - 1979", February 16, 2000 - April 24, 2000
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, "Philip Guston: Paintings of Four Decades", May 12, 2000 - July 30, 2000
Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, "Philip Guston Peintures 1947 - 1979", September 13, 2000 - December 04, 2000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Matisse and Beyond: The Painting and Sculpture Collection", June 01, 2001 - October 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
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Matisse and Beyond: The Painting and Sculpture Collection", April 16, 2004 - September 02, 2009
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "75 Years of Looking Forward: Focus on Artists", September 29, 2009 - February 23, 2011
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Selected Histories: 20th-Century Art from the SFMOMA Collection", February 25, 2011 - September 5, 2012
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany, "Postwar: Art Between the Pacific and the Atlantic, 1945-1965", October 14, 2016 - March 26, 2017
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, Wayne Thiebaud: Artist's Choice, September 29, 2018 - March 17, 2019
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
Tate Modern, London, England, "Philip Guston", October 05, 2023 - February 25, 2024
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Budick, Ariella. "Feel The Rage: A Philip Guston exhibit at the Met puts his pain on display." Newsday, November 2, 2003, pp. D19-D20, mentioned in text p. D19, not illus.
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 18 (unpaginated but would be p. 115), listed as "The Tormentors" and mentioned in text pp. 34-35, 38-39, and 78 (Joseph Rishel essay)
Krauss, Nicole. "The First Painter after the Last." Modern Painters, Winter 2003, mentioned in text p. 89, not illus.
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. Hardcover ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 18 (unpaginated but would be p. 115) and mentioned in text pp. 34-35 (Michael E. Shapiro essay), 38-39 (Michael Auping essay) and 78 (Joseph Rishel essay)
Lambirth, Andrew. "Apocalyptic Vision." Spectator (London), January 24, 2004, p. 36, mentioned in text, not illus.
Graham-Dixon, Andrew. "Philip Guston at the Royal Academy." Sunday Telegraph (London), January 25, 2004, mentioned in text
Philip Guston: Odd Man Out. BBC Four, January 28, 2004. Television, illus. in color and in detail in color
Rubinstein, Raphael. "Philip Guston: Some Thoughts." Art in America, March 2004, illus. in color p. 85 and mention ined in text p. 86
Hess, Barbara. Abstract Expressionism. Cologne: Taschen, 2005, illus. in color p. 39
Botelho, Manuel. Guston em contexto: até ao regresso da figura. Lisbon: Livros Vendaval, 2007, illus. in color p. 71 and mentioned in text p. 72 and 73
Tinterow, Gary, Lisa Mintz Messinger, and Nan Rosenthal, eds. Abstract Expressionism and Other Modern Works: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007, mentioned in text p. 83, not illus.
McKenzie, Janet. "The Art of Philip Guston: 1913-1980". In Studio International Yearbook. New York: The Studio Trust, 2007, pp. 60-67, mentioned in text p. 65, not illus.
McDowell, Tara. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: 75 Years of Looking Forward. Edited by Janet Bishop, Corey Keller, and Sarah Roberts. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2009, illus. in color plate 93 p. 126 and mentioned in text p. 176
Sandler, Irving. Abstract Expressionism and the American Experience: A Reevaluation. Lenox: Hard Press Editions, 2009, mentioned in text p. 162, not illus.
Balken, Debra Bricker. After Many Springs: Regionalism, Modernism and the Midwest. Exh. cat. Des Moines: Des Moines Art Center, 2009, mentioned in text p. 185, not illus.
Anfam, David. "Philip Guston: Rome and Washington." Burlington Magazine, September 2010, pp. 636-37, mentioned in text p. 637, not illus.
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Siegel, Katy. Abstract Expressionism. New York: Phaidon, 2011, illus. in color p. 83 and mentioned in text pp. 133 and 194
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Pfeiffer, Ingrid, and Max Hollein, eds. Philip Guston Das Grosse Spatwerk/Late Works. Exh. cat. Cologne: Strzeleckibooks, 2013, mentioned in text p. 140 (English)/141 (German), not illus.
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Miller, Peter Benson, ed. Go Figure! New Perspectives on Guston. New York: American Academy in Rome; New York Review of Books, 2014, illus. in color Fig. 20 p. 56 (unpaginated). Also mentioned in text pp. 10, 11, 26, 32, 49, 55, 57, 63, 80, 85, and 130.
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Icônes américaines—Chefs-d'œuvre du SFMOMA et de la collection Fisher. Exh. cat. Paris: Editions de la Reunion des Musées Nationaux, 2015, illus. in color p. 69 Fig. 2
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Munich: Sieveking Verlag; Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2016, illus. no. 34, illus. in color p. 63 and mentioned in text p. 62
Abstract Expressionism. Exh. cat. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2016, illus. in color Fig. 81 p. 116 and mentioned in text p. 116
Bradley Walker Tomlin: A Retrospective. Exh. cat. New Paltz: Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, 2016, mentioned in text p. 114, not illus. (Tom Wolf essay)
Schmidt, Jana V. "Philip Guston's Piles," In Traversals of Affect: On Jean-François Lyotard. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016., mentioned in text p. 148, not illus.
Expresionismo Abstracto. Exh. cat. Bilbao: Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, 2017, illus. in color fig. 81 p. 114
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: Un ritratto intimo di Philip Guston. Monza: Johan & Levi, 2017, illus. in color fig. 16 (following p. 64) and mentioned in text p. 53
Dalkey, Victoria. "'I just picked things I've loved' - how Thiebaud curated this show." Sacramento Bee, September 28, 2018, section Ticket, pp. 6-7, mentioned in text, not illus.
Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong Issue no. 1: Philip Guston. Exh. guide. Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2018, illus. in color p. 11 and mentioned in text p. 10
Woodstock Artists Association: One Hundred Years of Community and Art. Woodstock: Woodstock Artists Association, 2019, illus. in color Fig. 46 p. 60 and Fig. 56 p. 110 and mentioned in text p. 60 and 110-111
Hess, Barbara. Abstract Expressionism. Cologne: Taschen, 2005. Reprint, Cologne: Taschen, 2019, illus. in color p. 39 and mentioned in text p. 38
Schwendener, Martha. "Why Philip Guston Can Still Provoke Such Furor, and Passion." The New York Times, October 2, 2020. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Schwendener, Martha. "Why Philip Guston Still Provokes a Furor." The New York Times, October 3, 2020, p. C5, mentioned in text, not illus.
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 28 p. 49 and mentioned in text pp. 43, 181, 189, and 228
Mayer, Musa. Philip Guston. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in color p. 30 and mentioned in text p. 28
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 33 illus. in color p. 42, illus. in b&w p. 294 as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text pp. 40 and 41
Nadel, Dan. "Now You See Me." Artforum, January/February 2021, pp. 106-110, illus. in color and mentioned in text p. 110
Tallman, Susan. "Philip Guston's Discomfort Zone: How is it that the artist, dead these forty years, is still pushing our buttons?" New York Review of Books, January 14, 2021, pp. 12-15, mentioned in text p. 13, not illus.
Harris, Gareth. "Q&A: Philip Guston's daughter Musa Mayer on her new book and the uproar surrounding the artist's postponed show." Art Newspaper (London), February 4, 2021. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Schwabsky, Barry. "Philip Guston's Peculiar History Lesson." Nation, April 12, 2021. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Whyte, Murray. "The MFA recast artist Philip Guston amid a nationwide racial reckoning -- here's the result." Boston Globe, April 28, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Whyte, Murray. "Guston show gives new entry points--and exits." Boston Globe, May 1, 2022, pp. N1, N2, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Bowen, Jared. 'Philip Guston Now' portrays art of controversial and confrontational painter. Washington D.C.: PBS News Hour, May 12, 2022. Video, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
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, mentioned in text p. 37, not illus.
Budick, Ariella. "Philip Guston's fearless work outshines qualms and controversy in Boston." Financial Times (London), June 15, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Budick, Ariella. "Cowardice and evil unmasked." Financial Times (London), June 18/19, 2022, section Life & Arts, p. 13, mentioned in text, not illus.
Michelman, Elizabeth. "Philip Guston's True Colors at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston." Artscope, August 9, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Roelstraete, Dieter. "Die Angst Vor Der Kunst." Monopol, September 2022, pp. 54-66., mentioned in text p. 65, not illus.
Allen, Brian T. "Philip Guston Now, Delayed by Race Hysteria, Finally Gets Its Day." National Review, October 1, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
González, Rosa Boshier. "Philip Guston Now." Brooklyn Rail, December 2022-January 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
González, Rosa Boshier. "Philip Guston." Brooklyn Rail, December/January 2022/23, pp. 57-58, mentioned in text p. 58, not illus.
Guston, Philip. I Paint What I Want To See. Penguin Classics, 2022, mentioned in text p. 83, not illus.
Bui, Phong. "Philip Guston Now—A Personal Meditation." Brooklyn Rail, May 2023. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text
Bui, Phong. "Philip Guston Now—A Personal Meditation." Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2023, pp. 48-49, mentioned in text pp. 48 and 49, not illus.
Wullschläger, Jackie. "Philip Guston, Tate Modern review — violent, unsettling and thrilling from start to finish." Financial Times, October 5, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Wullschläger, Jackie. "Violent and unsettling." FT Weekend (London), October 7-8, 2023, section Arts, pp. 14-15., mentioned in text p. 15, not illus.
Lloyd, Joe. "Philip Guston: This straight-laced, work-focused retrospective affirms Philip Guston's place as one of the 20th century's finest painters." Studio International, October 19, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Goldberg, Itzhak. "Philip Guston réhabilité." Le Journal des Arts (Paris), October 24, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2023, illus. no. 34, illus. in color p. 63 and mentioned in text p. 62
Coolidge, Clark, ed. Philip Guston: Que peindre sinon l'énigme. Translated by Éric Suchère. Strasbourg: L'Atelier Contemporain, 2023, mentioned in text pp. 33-34, 86, 257 and 455, not illus.
Miller, Peter Benson. American Artists in Postwar Rome: Art and Cultural Exchange. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2025, illus. in color Plate 25 and mentioned in text pp. 158-159, 161-162, 168, 169, 170, 171-172, and 176
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 24 illus. in color p. 36 and mentioned in text p. 33
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 24 illus. in color p. 36 and mentioned in text p. 33
Joschke, Christian. Le tribunal de l'art: Philip Guston et l'antifascisme americain. Paris: Gallimard, 2026, mentioned in text p. 79, not illus.
Gibbs, Jo. "World of Confusion Revealed in Dull Whitney Museum Annual." Art Digest, December 1, 1948, pp. 9, 31, mentioned in text, not illus.
1948 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting. Exh. cat. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1948, cat. no. 61, not illus (listed as "The Tormentors")
Grafly, Dorothy, ed. "Pittsburgh International--1950." Art in Focus, Vol. 2, no. 1, October 1950, mentioned in text, not illus.
Grafly, Dorothy. "Veteran 'Moderns' Win Awards in 1950 Show." Christian Science Monitor, October 21, 1950, mentioned in text, not illus.
Devree, Howard. "The Carnegie: 1950: Big International Resumes After Decade—Shows by O'Keeffe, Lipton, Rood." The New York Times, October 22, 1950, mentioned in text, not illus.
The Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Paintings. Exh. cat. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, 1950, cat. no. 95, illus. in b&w plate 105
Exhibition of Paintings. Exh. cat. Boulder: University of Colorado, 1951, unnumbered catalog, illus. in b&w
Brach, Paul. "A New Non-Objective Guston Poses Questions of Degree." Art Digest, January 1, 1952, p. 18, mentioned in text, not illus.
Sandler, Irving. "Guston: A Long Voyage Home." ARTnews, December 1959, pp. 36–39, 64–65, illus. in b&w no. 4 p. 37. Mentioned in text p. 39
Ashton, Dore. Philip Guston. New York: Grove, 1960, illus. in b&w p. 34 (unpaginated) and mentioned in text pp. 16-17, listed as "The Tormentors"
Hunter, Sam, "Philip Guston," Art International, May 1962, pp. 62–67, mentioned in text pp. 63 and 65, not illus.
Alloway, Lawrence. "Notes on Guston." Art Journal, Fall 1962, pp. 8–11, mentioned in text p. 9, not illus.
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1962, cat. no. 8, illus. in b&w p. 50, described in text pp. 17-18
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1962, cat. no. 8, not illus.
Nordland, Gerald. "Review at Mid-Life." Frontier, July 1963, pp. 23–25, mentioned in text p. 24, not illus.
Tuchman, Maurice. New York School, The First Generation: Paintings of the 1940s and 1950s. Exh. cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1965, cat. no. 36, illus. in b&w p. 101
Tuchman, Maurice. New York School, The First Generation: Paintings of the 1940s and 1950s. Paperback ed. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1965, cat. no. 36, illus. in b&w p. 101
Berkson, William. "Dialogue with Philip Guston 11/1/64." Art and Literature, an International Review, Winter 1965, pp. 56–69, illus. p. 60 and mentioned in text p. 66
Philip Guston: A Selective Retrospective Exhibition: 1945–1965. Exh. brochure. Waltham: The Poses Institute of Fine Arts, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, 1966, cat. no. 3 not illus, listed as "Tormentors"
Berkson, Bill. "The New Gustons." ARTnews, October 1970, pp. 44–47, 85, mentioned in text p. 47, not illus.
Alloway, Lawrence. "Art." Nation, November 30, 1970, p. 574, mentioned in text, not illus.
Moritz, Charles, ed. Current Biography, February 1971, pp. 10-13, mentioned in text p. 11, not illus.
Tuchman, Maurice, ed. New York School: The First Generation. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1971, illus. in b&w no. 40, p. 76
Moritz, Charles, ed. Current Biography Yearbook 1971. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1971, pp. 176-178, mentioned in text p. 176, not illus.
O'Hara, Frank. "Growth and Guston." In Art Chronicles 1954–1966. New York: George Braziller, 1975, pp. 134-141, mentioned in text p. 136, not illus.
Sandler, Irving. The Triumph of American Painting: A History of Abstract Expressionism. New York: Harper & Row, Icon Editions, 1976, illus. in b&w p. 262 fig. 19-29 and mentioned in text pp. 261 and 264
Ashton, Dore. Yes, but... A Critical Study of Philip Guston. New York: Viking, 1976, illus. in b&w p. 81
Bloomfield, Arthur. "Looking Gift Art in the Mouth." San Francisco Examiner, December 27, 1978, p. 25, mentioned in text, not illus.
Stofflet-Santiago, Mary. "Philip Guston—A Thorough Preview." Artweek, January 13, 1979, pp. 1, 16, mentioned in text p. 1, not illus.
Albright, Thomas. "A Curious Repertoire of the Guston Imagery." San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle, May 25, 1980, pp. 36–38, mentioned in text p. 36, not illus.
Kingsley, April. "Philip Guston's Endgame: From Realism to Abstraction and Back, Philip Guston Remains Unique in Twentieth-Century Art." Horizon: The Magazine of the Arts, June 1980, pp. 34–41, illus. in color p. 37 as "The Tormentors", also mentioned in text p. 36 as "Tormentors"
Workman, Andree M. "Guston: A Born-Again Painter." West Art (Auburn, CA), June 13, 1980, pp. 1, 3, mentioned in text p. 3, not illus.
Albright, Thomas. "Philip Guston: 'It's a Strange Thing to Be Immersed in the Culture of Painting...'" ARTnews, September 1980, pp. 114–16, mentioned in text p. 114, not illus.
Rickey, Carrie. "Gust, Gusto, Guston." Artforum, October 1980, pp. 32–39, mentioned in text p. 37, not illus.
Brach, Paul. "Looking at Guston." Art in America, November 1980, pp. 96–101, illus. in color p. 98
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: George Braziller, 1980, cat. no. 13, illus. in color plate 9 p. 56
Aspects of the 70s: Mavericks. Exh. cat. Waltham: Brandeis University, Rose Art Museum, 1980, mentioned in text p. 8, not illus.
Philip Guston. San Francisco Museum of Art, California. Exh. brochure. 1980, illus. in b&w upper right inside fold
Purchase, Steve. "Philip Guston: A Major Retrospective at the Whitney." Baltimore Evening Sun, August 6, 1981, p. 11, mentioned in text, not illus.
Hanson, Bernard. "Guston's Fine Lines and Gray Areas." Hartford Courant, August 23, 1981, p. G2, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: Sus Ultimos Anos. Exh. cat. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1981, illus. in b&w fig. 1 p. 4
Nicholas Serota, ed. Philip Guston: Paintings 1969–1980. Exh. cat. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1982, illus. in b&w and mentioned in text p. 10
Baker, Kenneth. "Seven for a Swan Song." San Francisco Chronicle Review, August 17, 1986, pp. 12-13, mentioned in text p. 13, not illus.
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston. New York: Abbeville Modern Masters, 1986, illus. in color no. 16 p. 21 and mentioned in text p. 22
Zaller, Robert. "Philip Guston and the Crisis of the Image." Critical Inquiry 14, no. 1 (1987): pp. 69–94, mentioned in text pp. 73, 86, and footnote 6 p. 73, 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. 61 no. 17, and mentioned in text p. 60
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston by His Daughter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988, illus. in color no. 46 (following p. 146) and mentioned in text p. 39
Dabrowski, Magdalena. The Drawings of Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1988, mentioned in text p. 19, not illus.
Llorca, Pablo. "Philip Guston: Un pintor muy visceral." Dunia, July 1989, pp. 108–10, illus. p. 109
Degener, Patricia. "Retrospective of Philip Guston's Paintings Shows 'A Life Lived.'" St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 10, 1989, p. 4C, mentioned in text, not illus.
Brandenburg, John. "Seeing Guston's Art Requires a 'Leap' to Dallas." Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK), December 24, 1989, section Travel & Entertainment, p. 4, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura. Exh. cat. Essays by Mark Rosenthal, Robert Storr, Carrie Rickey, Francisco Calvo Serraller, and Dore Ashton. Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura, Dirección General de Bellas Artes y Archivos, Centro Nacional de Exposiciones, 1989, cat. no. 7, illus. in color p. 38
Ashton, Dore. A Critical Study of Philip Guston. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990, illus. in b&w p. 81
Anfam, David. Abstract Expressionism. London: Thames & Hudson, 1990, illus. in b&w no. 106 and mentioned in text pp. 139-140
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston by His Daughter. 1988. Reprint, New York: Penguin, 1990, illus. in color no. 46 (following p. 146) and mentioned in text p. 39
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, London: Thames and Hudson, 1991, illus. in b&w no. 46 (following p. 146) and mentioned in text p. 39
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, mentioned in text p. 10, not illus.
Kingsley, April. The Turning Point: The Abstract Expressionists and the Transformation of American Art. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992, mentioned in text p. 328, not illus.
Messinger, Lisa Mintz. Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 1992, mentioned in text p. 46, not illus.
Corbett, William. Philip Guston's Late Work: A Memoir. Boston: Zoland Books, 1994, mentioned in text p. 21, not illus.
Mack, Gerhard. "Philip Guston Künstler." Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst 36, no. 3 (1997): pp. 1–16, illus. in color fig. 4, p. 5 and mentioned in text p. 3
Philip Guston: Working Through the Forties. Exh. cat. Iowa City: University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1997, Paintings cat. no. 13, illus. in color p. 33, shown as "The Tormentors"
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. Reprint, Boston: Da Capo Press, 1997, illus. in b&w no. 46 (following p. 146) and mentioned in text p. 39
Kliemann, Thomas. "Ein Mandarin will Tölpel sein." General-Anzeiger (Bonn), September 2, 1999, mentioned in text, not illus.
Wirth, Heidrun. "Die Schuhsohlen des Exzentrikers: Das Kunstmuseum Bonn würdigt den amerikanischen Künstlers Philip Guston mit einer umfangreichen Ausstellung." Westfälische Rundschau (Dortmund, DE), September 4, 1999, mentioned in text, not illus.
Wirth, Heidrun. "Unberechenbares Dickicht der Nacht: Das Bonner Kunstmuseum entdeckt den Amerikaner Philip Guston neu." Donaukurier (Ingolstadt, DE), September 4/5, 1999, mentioned in text, not illus.
Wirth, Heidrun. "Die Hand wird zum Revolver." Bonner Rundschau (Bonn), September 5, 1999, mentioned in text, not illus.
Liebs, Holger. "Der Untergeher: Der Traum der Abstraktion gebiert Ungeheuer: Philip Guston im Bonner Kunstmuseum." Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich), September 29, 1999, mentioned in text, not illus.
Cooper, Harry. "Philip Guston: Paintings 1947–1979." Artforum, December 1999, mentioned in text p. 143, not illus.
Anfam, David. "Bonn, Philip Guston." Burlington Magazine, December 1999, pp. 767-78, Fig. 70 illus. in b&w and mentioned in text p. 767
Schreier, Christoph, Michael Auping, and Martin Hentschel. Philip Guston: Gemalde 1947–1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 1999, unnumbered catalog, illus. in color p. 61, shown in Bonn and Stuttgart
Halkes, Petra. "Figuring Out Abstraction." Border Crossings, August 2000, pp. 75–77, mentioned in text p. 75 and p. 76, not illus.
Leydier, Richard. "Philip Guston l'heretique/The Heresies of Philip Guston." Art Press, October 2000, pp. 36–41, mentioned in text p. 39, not illus.
Ottinger, Didier, and Philip Roth. Philip Guston: Peintures 1947–1979. Exh. cat. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 2000, illus. in color p. 49
Weber, Joanna, Harry Cooper, and Laura Greengold. Philip Guston A New Alphabet: The Late Transition. Exh. cat. New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2000, illus. in color, Fig. 24, p. 56
Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, illus. in color p. 61 and mentioned in text pp. 16, 33, 39
Philip Guston Peintures 1947-1979. Exh. brochure. Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2000, mentioned in text, not illus.
Sylvester, David. Interviews with American Artists. London: Chatto and Windus, 2001, mentioned in biographical notes p. 366, not illus.
Sylvester, David. Interviews with American Artists. New Haven: Yale University Press, January 2002, mentioned in text p. 366, not illus.
Cooper, Harry. "Recognizing Guston (In Four Slips)." October 99 (2002): pp. 96–129, illus. in b&w p. 125 and described in text pp. 124-126, and 127
Eckmann, Sabine, and H. W. Janson. H. W. Janson and the Legacy of Modern Art at Washington University in St. Louis. New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries; St. Louis: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, 2002, mentioned in text p. 33, not illus.
Anfam, David. "Telling Tales: Philip Guston in Retrospect." Artforum International, May 2003, pp. 132–39, 192, mentioned in text pp. 134, and 136, not illus.
Knight, Christopher. "The Paint Is the Thing; Through Abstract and Figurative Styles, Philip Guston Emphasized the Material and Ritual Significance of Art." Los Angeles Times, August 23, 2003, Home edition, section Calendar, pp. E1, E18, mentioned in text p. E18, not illus.
Lawrence, James. "Philip Guston. Fort Worth and New York." Burlington Magazine 145, no. 1207 (2003): pp. 746–48, mentioned in text p. 748, not illus.
Odessa (TX) American. "Guston Paintings on Display at Met." October 29, 2003, mentioned in text, not illus.
USA Today (West Babylon, NY). "Philip Guston: Abstract Expressionism's Provocative Pioneer and Ultimate Critic." November 1, 2003, mentioned in text
Corbett, William. "Philip Guston in Retrospect." Brooklyn Rail, November 2003, p. 15, mentioned in text, not illus.
Minthorn, David. "Exhibit Honors Acclaimed Guston." Star-Gazette (Elmira, NY), November 2, 2003, mentioned in text, not illus.
Budick, Ariella. "Feel The Rage: A Philip Guston exhibit at the Met puts his pain on display." Newsday, November 2, 2003, pp. D19-D20, mentioned in text p. D19, not illus.
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 18 (unpaginated but would be p. 115), listed as "The Tormentors" and mentioned in text pp. 34-35, 38-39, and 78 (Joseph Rishel essay)
Krauss, Nicole. "The First Painter after the Last." Modern Painters, Winter 2003, mentioned in text p. 89, not illus.
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. Hardcover ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 18 (unpaginated but would be p. 115) and mentioned in text pp. 34-35 (Michael E. Shapiro essay), 38-39 (Michael Auping essay) and 78 (Joseph Rishel essay)
Lambirth, Andrew. "Apocalyptic Vision." Spectator (London), January 24, 2004, p. 36, mentioned in text, not illus.
Graham-Dixon, Andrew. "Philip Guston at the Royal Academy." Sunday Telegraph (London), January 25, 2004, mentioned in text
Philip Guston: Odd Man Out. BBC Four, January 28, 2004. Television, illus. in color and in detail in color
Rubinstein, Raphael. "Philip Guston: Some Thoughts." Art in America, March 2004, illus. in color p. 85 and mention ined in text p. 86
Hess, Barbara. Abstract Expressionism. Cologne: Taschen, 2005, illus. in color p. 39
Botelho, Manuel. Guston em contexto: até ao regresso da figura. Lisbon: Livros Vendaval, 2007, illus. in color p. 71 and mentioned in text p. 72 and 73
Tinterow, Gary, Lisa Mintz Messinger, and Nan Rosenthal, eds. Abstract Expressionism and Other Modern Works: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007, mentioned in text p. 83, not illus.
McKenzie, Janet. "The Art of Philip Guston: 1913-1980". In Studio International Yearbook. New York: The Studio Trust, 2007, pp. 60-67, mentioned in text p. 65, not illus.
McDowell, Tara. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: 75 Years of Looking Forward. Edited by Janet Bishop, Corey Keller, and Sarah Roberts. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2009, illus. in color plate 93 p. 126 and mentioned in text p. 176
Sandler, Irving. Abstract Expressionism and the American Experience: A Reevaluation. Lenox: Hard Press Editions, 2009, mentioned in text p. 162, not illus.
Balken, Debra Bricker. After Many Springs: Regionalism, Modernism and the Midwest. Exh. cat. Des Moines: Des Moines Art Center, 2009, mentioned in text p. 185, not illus.
Anfam, David. "Philip Guston: Rome and Washington." Burlington Magazine, September 2010, pp. 636-37, mentioned in text p. 637, not illus.
Coolidge, Clark, ed. Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011, mentioned in text pp. 34, 152, and 215, not illus.
Siegel, Katy. Abstract Expressionism. New York: Phaidon, 2011, illus. in color p. 83 and mentioned in text pp. 133 and 194
Slifkin, Robert. Out of Time: Philip Guston and the Refiguration of Postwar American Art. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, illus. in color plate 20
Pfeiffer, Ingrid, and Max Hollein, eds. Philip Guston Das Grosse Spatwerk/Late Works. Exh. cat. Cologne: Strzeleckibooks, 2013, mentioned in text p. 140 (English)/141 (German), not illus.
Burnett, Craig. Philip Guston: The Studio. London: Afterall Books, 2014, illus. in color plate 20 (unpaginated) and mentioned in text p. 20
Miller, Peter Benson, ed. Go Figure! New Perspectives on Guston. New York: American Academy in Rome; New York Review of Books, 2014, illus. in color Fig. 20 p. 56 (unpaginated). Also mentioned in text pp. 10, 11, 26, 32, 49, 55, 57, 63, 80, 85, and 130.
Storr, Robert. "Philip Guston: Hilarious and Horrifying." New York Review of Books, March 8, 2015. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Icônes américaines—Chefs-d'œuvre du SFMOMA et de la collection Fisher. Exh. cat. Paris: Editions de la Reunion des Musées Nationaux, 2015, illus. in color p. 69 Fig. 2
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Munich: Sieveking Verlag; Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2016, illus. no. 34, illus. in color p. 63 and mentioned in text p. 62
Abstract Expressionism. Exh. cat. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2016, illus. in color Fig. 81 p. 116 and mentioned in text p. 116
Bradley Walker Tomlin: A Retrospective. Exh. cat. New Paltz: Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, 2016, mentioned in text p. 114, not illus. (Tom Wolf essay)
Schmidt, Jana V. "Philip Guston's Piles," In Traversals of Affect: On Jean-François Lyotard. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016., mentioned in text p. 148, not illus.
Expresionismo Abstracto. Exh. cat. Bilbao: Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, 2017, illus. in color fig. 81 p. 114
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: Un ritratto intimo di Philip Guston. Monza: Johan & Levi, 2017, illus. in color fig. 16 (following p. 64) and mentioned in text p. 53
Dalkey, Victoria. "'I just picked things I've loved' - how Thiebaud curated this show." Sacramento Bee, September 28, 2018, section Ticket, pp. 6-7, mentioned in text, not illus.
Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong Issue no. 1: Philip Guston. Exh. guide. Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2018, illus. in color p. 11 and mentioned in text p. 10
Woodstock Artists Association: One Hundred Years of Community and Art. Woodstock: Woodstock Artists Association, 2019, illus. in color Fig. 46 p. 60 and Fig. 56 p. 110 and mentioned in text p. 60 and 110-111
Hess, Barbara. Abstract Expressionism. Cologne: Taschen, 2005. Reprint, Cologne: Taschen, 2019, illus. in color p. 39 and mentioned in text p. 38
Schwendener, Martha. "Why Philip Guston Can Still Provoke Such Furor, and Passion." The New York Times, October 2, 2020. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Schwendener, Martha. "Why Philip Guston Still Provokes a Furor." The New York Times, October 3, 2020, p. C5, mentioned in text, not illus.
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 28 p. 49 and mentioned in text pp. 43, 181, 189, and 228
Mayer, Musa. Philip Guston. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in color p. 30 and mentioned in text p. 28
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 33 illus. in color p. 42, illus. in b&w p. 294 as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text pp. 40 and 41
Nadel, Dan. "Now You See Me." Artforum, January/February 2021, pp. 106-110, illus. in color and mentioned in text p. 110
Tallman, Susan. "Philip Guston's Discomfort Zone: How is it that the artist, dead these forty years, is still pushing our buttons?" New York Review of Books, January 14, 2021, pp. 12-15, mentioned in text p. 13, not illus.
Harris, Gareth. "Q&A: Philip Guston's daughter Musa Mayer on her new book and the uproar surrounding the artist's postponed show." Art Newspaper (London), February 4, 2021. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Schwabsky, Barry. "Philip Guston's Peculiar History Lesson." Nation, April 12, 2021. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Whyte, Murray. "The MFA recast artist Philip Guston amid a nationwide racial reckoning -- here's the result." Boston Globe, April 28, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Whyte, Murray. "Guston show gives new entry points--and exits." Boston Globe, May 1, 2022, pp. N1, N2, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Bowen, Jared. 'Philip Guston Now' portrays art of controversial and confrontational painter. Washington D.C.: PBS News Hour, May 12, 2022. Video, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
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, mentioned in text p. 37, not illus.
Budick, Ariella. "Philip Guston's fearless work outshines qualms and controversy in Boston." Financial Times (London), June 15, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Budick, Ariella. "Cowardice and evil unmasked." Financial Times (London), June 18/19, 2022, section Life & Arts, p. 13, mentioned in text, not illus.
Michelman, Elizabeth. "Philip Guston's True Colors at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston." Artscope, August 9, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Roelstraete, Dieter. "Die Angst Vor Der Kunst." Monopol, September 2022, pp. 54-66., mentioned in text p. 65, not illus.
Allen, Brian T. "Philip Guston Now, Delayed by Race Hysteria, Finally Gets Its Day." National Review, October 1, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
González, Rosa Boshier. "Philip Guston Now." Brooklyn Rail, December 2022-January 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
González, Rosa Boshier. "Philip Guston." Brooklyn Rail, December/January 2022/23, pp. 57-58, mentioned in text p. 58, not illus.
Guston, Philip. I Paint What I Want To See. Penguin Classics, 2022, mentioned in text p. 83, not illus.
Bui, Phong. "Philip Guston Now—A Personal Meditation." Brooklyn Rail, May 2023. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text
Bui, Phong. "Philip Guston Now—A Personal Meditation." Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2023, pp. 48-49, mentioned in text pp. 48 and 49, not illus.
Wullschläger, Jackie. "Philip Guston, Tate Modern review — violent, unsettling and thrilling from start to finish." Financial Times, October 5, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Wullschläger, Jackie. "Violent and unsettling." FT Weekend (London), October 7-8, 2023, section Arts, pp. 14-15., mentioned in text p. 15, not illus.
Lloyd, Joe. "Philip Guston: This straight-laced, work-focused retrospective affirms Philip Guston's place as one of the 20th century's finest painters." Studio International, October 19, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Goldberg, Itzhak. "Philip Guston réhabilité." Le Journal des Arts (Paris), October 24, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2023, illus. no. 34, illus. in color p. 63 and mentioned in text p. 62
Coolidge, Clark, ed. Philip Guston: Que peindre sinon l'énigme. Translated by Éric Suchère. Strasbourg: L'Atelier Contemporain, 2023, mentioned in text pp. 33-34, 86, 257 and 455, not illus.
Miller, Peter Benson. American Artists in Postwar Rome: Art and Cultural Exchange. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2025, illus. in color Plate 25 and mentioned in text pp. 158-159, 161-162, 168, 169, 170, 171-172, and 176
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 24 illus. in color p. 36 and mentioned in text p. 33
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 24 illus. in color p. 36 and mentioned in text p. 33
Joschke, Christian. Le tribunal de l'art: Philip Guston et l'antifascisme americain. Paris: Gallimard, 2026, mentioned in text p. 79, not illus.
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Title
The Tormentors
Date
1947–1948
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
40⅞ × 60⅛ in. (103.8 × 152.7 cm)
Inscription
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: "THE TORMENTORS" [underlined]/1947-48/41" x 61" (underlined)/PHILIP GUSTON
Catalogue Number
P48.001
Provenance
Collection SFMOMA, Gift of the artist
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