Philip Guston Catalogue Raisonné

Philip Guston

Catalogue Raisonné

Title

The Porch II

Date

1947

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

62½ x 43⅛ in.158.8 x 109.5 cm

Inscription

Signed front lower left: Philip Guston

Catalogue No.

P47.005

Provenance

Munson Museum of Art, Museum Purchase

Exhibitions

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY, "Philip Guston", November 02, 1947 - December 01, 1947
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, "1947 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting", December 06, 1947 - January 25, 1948
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY, "Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members, Recipients of Academy and Institute Honors and Pictures Purchased from the Childe Hassam Fund", May 22, 1948 - June 30, 1948
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, "Painting in the United States 1948", October 14, 1948 - December 12, 1948
Guggenheim Foundation, New York, NY, "Fellowship at Request of the Artist", February 1949
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY, "Work of 20th-Century American Artists", July 03, 1949 - September 06, 1949
University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, "Philip Guston", April 10, 1950 - May 12, 1950
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, "Selections from the Collection of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute", February 1951
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY, "20th Century American Painting from the Institute Collection", July 01, 1951 - September 23, 1951
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY, "Paintings and Sculpture from the Institute Collection", February 06, 1952 - April 07, 1952
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, "Expressionism in American Painting", May 10, 1952 - June 29, 1952
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI, "The Artist's Viewpoint", July 07, 1952 - July 28, 1952
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY, "20th-Century American Painting from the Institute Collection", August 25, 1952 - August 31, 1952

Munson-Williams-Proctor School of Art, Utica, NY, "20th-Century American Painting from the Institute Collection", November 11, 1952 - December 03, 1952

Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, "Origins and Trends of Contemporary Art", January 11, 1953 - February 15, 1953
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, "Seventh Annual Festival of Contemporary Arts", April 16, 1953 - April 26, 1953
Joe and Emily Lowe Art Center, Syracuse, NY, "Painting and Sculpture from the Collection of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute", February 09, 1954 - February 28, 1954
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY, "Ten Years of Collecting", October 10, 1954 - October 31, 1954
Atlanta Public Library, Atlanta, GA, "Children of the City", January 11, 1957 - January 25, 1957

Art Museum of New Britain Institute, New Britain, CT, "Children of the City", February 07, 1957 - February 28, 1957

Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, "Children of the City", March 15, 1957 - April 05, 1957

J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, "Children of the City", April 18, 1957 - May 09, 1957

Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL, "Children of the City", May 22, 1957 - June 09, 1957

Miami Beach Art Center, Miami Beach, FL, "Children of the City", June 22, 1957 - July 13, 1957

Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, "Children of the City", August 01, 1957 - August 22, 1957

Quincy Art Club, Quincy, IL, "Children of the City", October 03, 1957 - October 23, 1957

Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, "Children of the City", November 05, 1957 - November 25, 1957

Greenwich Library, Greenwich, CT, "Children of the City", December 05, 1957 - December 25, 1957

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, "Children of the City", January 08, 1958 - January 28, 1958

Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK, "Children of the City", February 06, 1958 - February 26, 1958

Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK, "Children of the City", March 04, 1958 - March 30, 1958

Root Art Center, Clinton, NY, "New Trends in 20th Century American Painting", October 26, 1958 - November 30, 1958
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY, "Art Across America", October 15, 1960 - December 31, 1960
Union College, Schenectady, NY, "New Trends in 20th Century American Painting", March 05, 1961 - March 26, 1961
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

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY, "New Directions in American Painting", December 01, 1963 - January 05, 1964
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, 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

Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, "The Artist's Perception: 1948 - 1984", March 26, 1984 - May 06, 1984
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY, "Figuratively Speaking", April 11, 1985 - July 17, 1985
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL, "Two Hundred Years of American Art: The Munson-Williams Proctor Institute", November 15, 1986 - January 10, 1987

R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA, "Two Hundred Years of American Art: The Munson-Williams Proctor Institute", January 21, 1987 - March 18, 1987

Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, "Two Hundred Years of American Art: The Munson-Williams Proctor Institute", March 28, 1987 - June 07, 1987

Sunrise Museums, Charleston, WV, "Two Hundred Years of American Art: The Munson-Williams Proctor Institute", June 19, 1987 - August 07, 1987

The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL, "Two Hundred Years of American Art: The Munson-Williams Proctor Institute", September 19, 1987 - November 14, 1987

San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX, "Two Hundred Years of American Art: The Munson-Williams Proctor Institute", December 19, 1987 - February 13, 1988

Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK, "Two Hundred Years of American Art: The Munson-Williams Proctor Institute", March 12, 1988 - May 07, 1988

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

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY, "20th-Century Paintings from the Permanent Collection", July 28, 1998 - May 03, 1999
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY, "Fifty Years Ago", February 15, 2000 - May 07, 2000
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

The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA, "Painting in the United States: 1943-1949", June 29, 2008 - October 19, 2008
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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Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Bulletin. "Work by Visiting Artists Purchased by the Institute." May 1948,

Devree, Howard. "Reich Art Treasures: Metropolitan Exhibition—Other Events." The New York Times, May 23, 1948, p. 8X, mentioned in text, not illus.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "Beckmann, Guston in Carnegie Art Show: Washington U. Teachers Take Part by Invitation—$3200 in Prizes Awarded." October 15, 1948, mentioned in text, not illus., mis-titled as "The Porch"

Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members Recipients of Academy and Institute Honors and Pictures Purchased from the Childe Hassam Fund. Exh. cat. New York: American Academy of Arts and Letters; National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1948, cat. no. 11 of the Guston works, not illus., shown as "The Porch No. 2"

Painting in the United States 1948. Exh. cat. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, 1948, cat. no. 180, illus. in b&w, plate 14

Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Year Book 1948, illus. in b&w p. 26 and mentioned in text p. 25

Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Bulletin, February 1949, b&w photo on inside front cover

Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Minneapolis: University Gallery, University of Minnesota, 1950, cat. no. 16, illus. in b&w, Loaned by Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Bulletin. "What is Modern Art. 12 Lectures by William C. Palmer." October 1951, illus. in b&w in photo with William C. Palmer

Expressionism in American Painting. Exh. cat. Buffalo: Albright Art Gallery, 1952, cat. no. 33, illus. in b&w p. 39

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Sandler, Irving. "Guston: A Long Voyage Home." ARTnews, December 1959, pp. 36–39, 64–65, illus. in b&w no. 2, p. 36, also had detail of work illus. in b&w in article no. 3 on p. 36. Listed as "The Porch, 2". Mentioned in text pp. 38-39

Ashton, Dore. Philip Guston. New York: Grove, 1960, illus. in b&w p. 32 (unpaginated) and mentioned in text pp. 13-14

Hunter, Sam, "Philip Guston," Art International, May 1962, pp. 62–67, illus. in b&w p. 63, listed as "Porch II" and mentioned in text pp. 63 and 65

O'Hara, Frank. "Growth and Guston." ARTnews, May 1962, pp. 31–33, 51–52, illus. in b&w no. 1 p. 31, listed as "Porch, 2"

Genauer, Emily. "Guston's Switch from Meaning." New York Herald Tribune, May 6, 1962, section 4, Art, p. 7, illus. in b&w p. 7 and mentioned in text, listed as ”Porch II”

Newsweek. "Art: Long Journey." May 7, 1962, p. 94, illus. in b&w

Berkson, Bill. "Art Chronicle." Kulchur, Autumn 1962, pp. 30–40, mentioned in text p. 36, not illus., listed as "Porch II"

Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1962, cat. no. 6, illus. in color p. 49

Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1962, cat. no. 6, not illus.

Russell, John. "The World of Art: Beyond Nature." Sunday Times (London), January 20, 1963, mentioned in text as "Porch II", not illus.

Seldis, Henry J. "Giant Retrospective of Philip Guston's Works." Los Angeles Sunday Times, June 9, 1963, section Calendar, p. C13, illus. in b&w p. 13

Nordland, Gerald. "Review at Mid-Life." Frontier, July 1963, pp. 23–25, mentioned in text p. 23 as a part of the "Porch" series, not illus.

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. 2

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'Hara, Frank. "Growth and Guston." In Art Chronicles 1954–1966. New York: George Braziller, 1975, pp. 134-141, illus. in b&w p. 135, Fig. 1, listed as "Porch, No. 2". Also mentioned in text p. 135 as "Porch, 2"

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. 19-28 and mentioned in text p. 261

Ashton, Dore. Yes, but... A Critical Study of Philip Guston. New York: Viking, 1976, illus. in b&w p. 77 (as "Porch II")

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.

Demoro, Harre W. "SCM Sponsoring S.F. Modern Art Exhibit with More Than Altruism in Mind." San Francisco Business Journal, May 26, 1980, pp. 14–15, illus. pp. 14-15

Fleming, Lee. "Last Expressions: The Corcoran Displays Works by Philip Guston." Washington Calendar Magazine, July 1980, illus. in color p. 51

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 as "Porch No. 2", not illus.

Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: George Braziller, 1980, cat. no. 9, illus. in color plate 6 p. 53 listed as "Porch No. 2"

Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute. "Yearbook 1979–1980." 1980, illus. in b&w p. 9

Hanson, Bernard. "Guston's Fine Lines and Gray Areas." Hartford Courant, August 23, 1981, p. G2, mentioned in text as "porch No. 2", not illus.

Nicholas Serota, ed. Philip Guston: Paintings 1969–1980. Exh. cat. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1982, illus. in b&w p. 11 and mentioned in text pp. 10 and 11, listed as "Porch No. 2"

The Artist's Perception 1948/1984. Exh. cat. Poughkeepsie: Vassar College Art Gallery, 1984, cat. no. 10, illus. in b&w unpaginated, listed as "Porch No. 2"

The Tate Gallery 1982–84: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions. London: Tate Gallery, 1986, mentioned in text p. 194, not illus.

Storr, Robert. Philip Guston. New York: Abbeville Modern Masters, 1986, illus. in color no. 14 p. 20 and mentioned in text pp. 19 and 22

Zaller, Robert. "Philip Guston and the Crisis of the Image." Critical Inquiry 14, no. 1 (1987): pp. 69–94, illus. in b&w Fig. 2 p. 74, mentioned in text pp. 71, 73, and footnote 5 p. 73 and footnote 6 p. 73

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. 16, and mentioned in text pp. 55 and 60

Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston by His Daughter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988, illus. in b&w no. 27 (following p. 18)

Dabrowski, Magdalena. The Drawings of Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1988, illus. in b&w Fig. 7 p. 19 and mentioned in text pp. 19 and 36

Brach, Paul. "An Act of Salvation." Art in America, January 1989, pp. 130–35, mentioned in text p. 132, not illus.

Sentis, Mirela. "Los dos Philip Guston: Proxima retrospectiva del artista norteamericano en Madrid y Barcelona." El País (Madrid), February 25, 1989, illus.

Bellido, Ramon Tio. "Philip Guston, Figures Fantomes." Beaux Arts Magazine, March 1989, illus. p. 46

Abramson, Glenda, ed. The Blackwell Companion to Jewish Culture from the Eighteenth Century to the Present. Oxford: Blackwell, 1989, mentioned in text p. 296, not illus.

Dabrowski, Magdalena. Dibuixos Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Barcelona: Fundacio Caixa de Pensions, 1989, illus. in b&w Fig. 7 p. 31

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, illus. in b&w p. 19, no. 4 (Robert Storr essay), listed as "Porch II"

Philip Guston, Opere Su Carta 1933–1980. Exh. cat. Milan: Electa, 1989, illus. in b&w fig. 7, p. 22

Anfam, David. Abstract Expressionism. London: Thames & Hudson, 1990, illus. in b&w no. 105 p. 140 and mentioned in text pp. 112, 139 and 140

Ashton, Dore. A Critical Study of Philip Guston. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990, illus. in b&w p. 77

Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston by His Daughter. 1988. Reprint, New York: Penguin, 1990, illus. in b&w no. 27 (following p. 18)

Oxlade, Roy. "Father Was Brilliant." Modern Painters, Summer 1991, pp. 101-102, mentioned in text p. 102, not illus.

Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, London: Thames and Hudson, 1991, illus. in b&w no. 27 (following p. 18)

Corbett, William. Philip Guston's Late Work: A Memoir. Boston: Zoland Books, 1994, mentioned in text p. 20 as "Porch No. 2," 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 (no page #), not in exhibition

Day, Jeffrey. "Greenville Takes the Lead with Guston and Mann Exhibits." The State (Columbia, SC), May 11, 1997, section Tempo, pp. F1, F3, illus. p. F1 and mentioned in text p. F3

Patterson, Tom. "Guston's '40s Works Frame His Future." Charlotte Observer, May 18, 1997, section Arts & Entertainment, pp 1F & 4F, illus. in b&w p. 1F and mentioned in text p. 4F

Koppelman, Dorothy. "Philip Guston: The Man, His Life and His Work." Terrain Gallery Online, Aesthetic Realism Foundation, September 1997, illus. in color online

Philip Guston: Working Through the Forties. Exh. cat. Iowa City: University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1997, Paintings cat. no. 12, illus. in color p. 32, listed as titled "Porch No. 2"

Mack, Gerhard. "Philip Guston Künstler." Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst 36, no. 3 (1997): pp. 1–16, mentioned in text p. 7 and p. 10, not illus.

Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. Reprint, Boston: Da Capo Press, 1997, illus. in b&w no. 27 (following p. 18)

Schreier, Christoph, Michael Auping, and Martin Hentschel. Philip Guston: Gemalde 1947–1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 1999, illus. in b&w p. 16 (Christoph Schreier essay)

Halkes, Petra. "Figuring Out Abstraction." Border Crossings, August 2000, pp. 75–77, mentioned in text p. 75, not illus. Listed as "Porch II"

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.

Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, illus. in b&w p. 16 and mentioned in text pp. 15, 17, 32-33, 39

Sylvester, David. Interviews with American Artists. London: Chatto and Windus, 2001, mentioned in biographical notes p. 366, not illus.

Henkes, Robert. World War II in American Art. Jefferson: McFarland, 2001, mentioned in text pp. 19-20, not illus.

Sylvester, David. Interviews with American Artists. New Haven: Yale University Press, January 2002, mentioned in text p. 366, not illus.

Rosales, Guillermo. Mon ange. Arles Cedex: Actes Sud, 2002, illus. in color on front cover

Anfam, David. "Telling Tales: Philip Guston in Retrospect." Artforum International, May 2003, pp. 132–39, 192, mentioned in text p. 134, not illus.

Auping, Michael. "Philip Guston Retrospective." American Art Review, July–August 2003, illus. in color

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., listed as "Porch No. 2"

Lawrence, James. "Philip Guston. Fort Worth and New York." Burlington Magazine 145, no. 1207 (2003): pp. 746–48, Fig. 84 illus. in color and mentioned in text pp. 747 and 748

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.

Naves, Mario. "Guston, Vindicated Underdog, A Man Who Changed His Mind." New York Observer, November 17, 2003, section Arts & Entertainment, p. 18, mentioned in text, not illus.

Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 15 (unpaginated but would be p. 112), listed as "Porch No. 2" and mentioned in text pp. 33-34, 38, 49, and p. 76 (Joseph Rishel essay), referred to as "Porch No. 2"

Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. Hardcover ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 15 (unpaginated but would be p. 112) and mentioned in text pp. 33-34 (Michael E. Shapiro essay), 38, 49 (Michael Auping essay) and 76 (Joseph Rishel essay)

Philip Guston: Odd Man Out. BBC Four, January 28, 2004. Television, illus. in color

Rubinstein, Raphael. "Philip Guston: Some Thoughts." Art in America, March 2004, illus. in color p. 84 and mentioned in text pp. 86 and 88

Anfam, David. The Art of Philip Guston 1913–1980. Exh. brochure. Royal Academy of Arts, 2004, illus. in color

Bookbinder, Judith. Boston Modern: Figurative Expressions as Alternative Modernism. Durham: University of New Hampshire Press, 2005, mentioned in text p. 253, not illus.

Hess, Barbara. Abstract Expressionism. Cologne: Taschen, 2005, illus. in color p. 38

Bucklow, Christopher. What Is in the Dwat: The Universe of Guston's Final Decade. Grasmere, England: Wordsworth Trust, 2007, detail illus. in color p. 82 and mentioned in text pp. 25, 80 and 85

Baskind, Samantha. Encyclopedia of Jewish American Artists. London: Greenwood Press, 2007, mentioned in text p. 137, not illus.

Botelho, Manuel. Guston em contexto: até ao regresso da figura. Lisbon: Livros Vendaval, 2007, illus. in color p. 66 and mentioned in text p. 68

Jones, Barbara L., and Judith Hansen O'Toole. Painting in the United States, 2008. Exh. cat. Greensburg: Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 2008.

Sandler, Irving. Abstract Expressionism and the American Experience: A Reevaluation. Lenox: Hard Press Editions, 2009, mentioned in text p. 162, not illus.

Coolidge, Clark, ed. Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011, mentioned in text pp. 151 and 214 (Porch series), not illus.

Siegel, Katy. Abstract Expressionism. New York: Phaidon, 2011, mentioned in text p. 83, not illus.

Slifkin, Robert. Out of Time: Philip Guston and the Refiguration of Postwar American Art. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, illus. in b&w fig. 21 p. 49

Miller, Peter Benson, ed. Go Figure! New Perspectives on Guston. New York: American Academy in Rome; New York Review of Books, 2014, mentioned in text pp. 89 and 122, not illus.

Bradley Walker Tomlin: A Retrospective. Exh. cat. New Paltz: Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, 2016, Fig. 8, illus. in color p. 115 (Tom Wolf essay)

Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Munich: Sieveking Verlag; Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2016, illus. no. 32, illus. in color p. 60

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.

Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: Un ritratto intimo di Philip Guston. Monza: Johan & Levi, 2017, illus. in color fig. 15 (following p. 64)

Miller, Peter Benson. "Painting in the Contact Zone: American Artists in Postwar Rome." Wanted in Rome, January 13, 2018. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.

The Academic Body. Exh. cat. New York and Rome: American Academy in Rome, 2019, illus. in color p. 50, Fig. 13 (Peter Benson Miller essay)

Hess, Barbara. Abstract Expressionism. Cologne: Taschen, 2005. Reprint, Cologne: Taschen, 2019, mentioned in text p. 38, not illus.

Wolf, Bryan J. "Between the Lines: Philip Guston, the Holocaust, and 'Bad Painting.'" American Art, Spring 2020, pp. 50-85, fig. 17 illus. in color p. 74 and mentioned in text pp. 73-75

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 25 p. 41 and detail illus. in color p. 180 and mentioned in text pp. 29, 43, 188-189, 201 and 228

Mayer, Musa. Philip Guston. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in color p. 29 and mentioned in text p. 26

Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 29 illus. in color p. 39, illus. in b&w p. 293 as part of an installation photo, illus. in color p. 336 as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text pp. 36, 37 and 38

Schwartz, Penny. "After 2-year delay, Philip Guston art exhibit explores his Jewish identity — under cloud of controversy." Jewish Telegraphic Agency, May 11, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, 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.

Bolton-Fasman, Judy. "The Art and Social Conscience of Jewish Artist Philip Guston." JewishBoston, June 28, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.

Ben-Meir, Sam. "'Philip Guston Now' at Boston Museum of Fine Arts." San Diego Jewish World, August 24, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.

Wilkin, Karen. "Philip Guston finally." New Criterion, September 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.

Texas Monthly. "The Best Books, Film, TV, Art, and More Coming to Texas This Fall." September 22, 2022. Online, illus. in color

Coughlan, Andy. "Then and 'Now': Guston Retrospective Shows Artist Exploring Human Condition." Art of Living, November 18, 2022, pp. C3-C4, mentioned in text p. C3, not illus.

Coughlan, Andy. "Take a look at this Houston art exhibit through a Southeast Texan's eyes." Beaumont Enterprise, (Texas), November 21, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.

Coughlan, Andy. "Then and Now: Guston retrospective shows artist exploring human condition." English With A Bit of Texas. Blog. November 22, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.

Humphrey, Jane. "Philip Guston Joins The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Family." Modern Luxury Houston, November 30, 2022. Online, illus. in color. Mislabeled as "Gladiators, 1940"

González, Rosa Boshier. "Philip Guston Now." Brooklyn Rail, December 2022-January 2023. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text

González, Rosa Boshier. "Philip Guston." Brooklyn Rail, December/January 2022/23, pp. 57-58, illus. in b&w p. 58 and mentioned in text pp. 57 and 58

Guston, Philip. I Paint What I Want To See. Penguin Classics, 2022, mentioned in text pp. 82-83, 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.

Luzi, Irene. "Philip Guston alla Tate Modern, con più di 100 opere. Le immagini della mostra." ArtsLife (Milan), October 5, 2023. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo

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.

Cohen, Alexander. "The Jewish artist who perfectly captured the turbulent world he was witnessing." Jewish Chronicle, October 19, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.

Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2023, illus. no. 32, illus. in color p. 60

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, 257 (Porch series) and 454 (Porch series), not illus.

Street, Benjamin James. "Painting Floods: History, Witness and Public Address in Philip Guston's Late Work." PhD diss. University of Easy Anglia, 2024, illus. in color no. 92 p. 247

Miller, Peter Benson. American Artists in Postwar Rome: Art and Cultural Exchange. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2025, mentioned in text p. 161, not illus.

Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 23 illus. in color p. 35 and mentioned in text p. 33

Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 23 illus. in color p. 35 and mentioned in text p. 33

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Title

The Porch II

Date

1947

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

62½ × 43⅛ in. (158.8 × 109.5 cm)

Inscription

Signed front lower left: Philip Guston

Catalogue Number

P47.005

Provenance

Munson Museum of Art, Museum Purchase

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