Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné

Title
Ochre Painting I
Date
1951
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
28⅞ x 45¾ in.73.3 x 116.2 cm
Inscription
Signed front lower left: Guston
Catalogue No.
P51.005
Provenance
Collection Unknown
Private Collection
Private Collection, California
Private Collection
Elinor Poindexter, New York
Exhibitions
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", May 03, 1962 - July 01, 1962
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, "Philip Guston, A Selective Retrospective Exhibition: 1945-1965", February 27, 1966 - March 27, 1966
McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Paintings from the Fifties", April 22, 1995 - June 03, 1995
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "Philip Guston: Gemälde 1947 - 1979", September 02, 1999 - November 01, 1999
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
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, "Philip Guston, A Selective Retrospective Exhibition: 1945-1965", February 27, 1966 - March 27, 1966
McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Paintings from the Fifties", April 22, 1995 - June 03, 1995
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
Bibliography
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1962, cat. no. 13, not illus., Collection Mrs. George Poindexter, New York
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1962, cat. no. 13, not illus.
Nordland, Gerald. "Review at Mid-Life." Frontier, July 1963, pp. 23–25, mentioned in text p. 24 as "Ochre Painting", 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. 6
O'Hara, Frank. "Growth and Guston." In Art Chronicles 1954–1966. New York: George Braziller, 1975, pp. 134-141, mentioned in text p. 136 as one of the "ocher" paintings in 1951, not illus.
Smith, Roberta. "A Philip Guston Decade Colored by Red and Pink." New York Times, April 28, 1995, section C, p. 32, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: Paintings from the Fifties. Exh. cat. New York: McKee Gallery, 1995, cat. no. 2, illus. in color (no page #)
Haase, Amine. "Die Gewalt der lesbaren Bilder: Spektakulär Deutschland-Premiere des amerikanischen Malers Philip Guston." Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (Cologne), September 2, 1999, mentioned in text, not illus.
Herzog, Samuel. "Stiller Abscheid vom Absoluten, Ausstellung Philip Guston im Kunstmuseum Bonn." Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Zurich), October 15, 1999, mentioned in text as "Ochre Painting", not illus.
Anfam, David. "Bonn, Philip Guston." Burlington Magazine, December 1999, pp. 767-78, mentioned in text p. 767, not illus.
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. 64
Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, illus. in color p. 64 and mentioned in text pp. 34, 49
Montes, Geoffrey. "They Bought a Rockefeller's Carriage House—Now, It's Their Forever Home." Elle Decor, January 19, 2026. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1962, cat. no. 13, not illus.
Nordland, Gerald. "Review at Mid-Life." Frontier, July 1963, pp. 23–25, mentioned in text p. 24 as "Ochre Painting", 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. 6
O'Hara, Frank. "Growth and Guston." In Art Chronicles 1954–1966. New York: George Braziller, 1975, pp. 134-141, mentioned in text p. 136 as one of the "ocher" paintings in 1951, not illus.
Smith, Roberta. "A Philip Guston Decade Colored by Red and Pink." New York Times, April 28, 1995, section C, p. 32, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: Paintings from the Fifties. Exh. cat. New York: McKee Gallery, 1995, cat. no. 2, illus. in color (no page #)
Haase, Amine. "Die Gewalt der lesbaren Bilder: Spektakulär Deutschland-Premiere des amerikanischen Malers Philip Guston." Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (Cologne), September 2, 1999, mentioned in text, not illus.
Herzog, Samuel. "Stiller Abscheid vom Absoluten, Ausstellung Philip Guston im Kunstmuseum Bonn." Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Zurich), October 15, 1999, mentioned in text as "Ochre Painting", not illus.
Anfam, David. "Bonn, Philip Guston." Burlington Magazine, December 1999, pp. 767-78, mentioned in text p. 767, not illus.
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. 64
Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, illus. in color p. 64 and mentioned in text pp. 34, 49
Montes, Geoffrey. "They Bought a Rockefeller's Carriage House—Now, It's Their Forever Home." Elle Decor, January 19, 2026. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Guston CR makes no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy or completeness of the Catalogue Raisonné (CR) and we disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on its contents. Please check the CR regularly, because we may update it as new information emerges. The contents of the CR, including images, are protected by copyright and you may only use the CR and its contents for personal, non-commercial educational and research purposes. Inquiries for any other uses should be submitted to [email protected].

Title
Ochre Painting I
Date
1951
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
28⅞ × 45¾ in. (73.3 × 116.2 cm)
Inscription
Signed front lower left: Guston
Catalogue Number
P51.005
Provenance
Collection Unknown
Private Collection
Private Collection, California
Private Collection
Elinor Poindexter, New York
Exhibitions
Bibliography
Downloads