Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné
Title
White Painting II
Date
1951
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
50 x 50⅞ in.127.0 x 129.2 cm
Inscription
Signed and dated front lower right: Philip Guston 1951
Catalogue No.
P51.004
Provenance
Private Collection, London
Auction: Sotheby's New York, Contemporary Art Part 1, May 17, 2000, Lot 45
Private Collection
Private Collection
Helyn and Ralph Goldenberg, Chicago
Mrs. William A. Pedlar, New York
Exhibitions
Peridot Gallery, New York, NY, "Paintings 1948-1951 by Philip Guston", January 02, 1952 - January 26, 1952
Egan Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston Paintings and Drawings", January 12, 1953 - February 07, 1953
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", May 03, 1962 - July 01, 1962
David and Alfred Smart Gallery, Chicago, IL, "Abstract Expressionism: A Tribute to Harold Rosenberg", October 11, 1979 - November 25, 1979
Egan Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston Paintings and Drawings", January 12, 1953 - February 07, 1953
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
David and Alfred Smart Gallery, Chicago, IL, "Abstract Expressionism: A Tribute to Harold Rosenberg", October 11, 1979 - November 25, 1979
Bibliography
Brach, Paul. "New York: Affirmation." Art Digest, January 15, 1953, p. 13, mentioned in text as "Number 7", not illus.
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1962, cat. no. 15, not illus., Collection Mrs. William A. Pedlar, New York
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1962, cat. no. 15, not illus.
Lynton, Norbert. "London Letter." Art International, February 25, 1963, pp. 68–71, illus. in b&w p. 69
Berkson, William. "Philip Guston: A New Emphasis: In These Canvases of the Sixties Doubt Itself Becomes a Form That Can Be Read as Natural Law." Arts Magazine, February 1966, pp. 15–18, mentioned in text p. 18, not illus. (as one of the White Paintings)
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 two White Paintings of 1951", not illus.
Abstract Expressionism: A Tribute to Harold Rosenberg Paintings and Drawings from Chicago Collections. Exh. cat. Chicago: The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, the University of Chicago, 1979, cat. no. 15, not illus.
Vieville, Camille, "Le Monde Selon Philip Guston." Art Newspaper (Paris), November 2025, p. 20, mentioned in text, not illus.
Goldberg, Itzhak. "Philip Guston, peinture de la brutalité." Le Journal des Arts (Paris), November 19, 2025. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 38 illus. in color p. 57 and mentioned in text pp. 34 and 200
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 38 illus. in color p. 57 and mentioned in text pp. 34 and 200
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1962, cat. no. 15, not illus., Collection Mrs. William A. Pedlar, New York
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1962, cat. no. 15, not illus.
Lynton, Norbert. "London Letter." Art International, February 25, 1963, pp. 68–71, illus. in b&w p. 69
Berkson, William. "Philip Guston: A New Emphasis: In These Canvases of the Sixties Doubt Itself Becomes a Form That Can Be Read as Natural Law." Arts Magazine, February 1966, pp. 15–18, mentioned in text p. 18, not illus. (as one of the White Paintings)
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 two White Paintings of 1951", not illus.
Abstract Expressionism: A Tribute to Harold Rosenberg Paintings and Drawings from Chicago Collections. Exh. cat. Chicago: The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, the University of Chicago, 1979, cat. no. 15, not illus.
Vieville, Camille, "Le Monde Selon Philip Guston." Art Newspaper (Paris), November 2025, p. 20, mentioned in text, not illus.
Goldberg, Itzhak. "Philip Guston, peinture de la brutalité." Le Journal des Arts (Paris), November 19, 2025. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 38 illus. in color p. 57 and mentioned in text pp. 34 and 200
Philip Guston: L'Ironie de L'Histoire. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 38 illus. in color p. 57 and mentioned in text pp. 34 and 200
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Title
White Painting II
Date
1951
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
50 × 50⅞ in. (127.0 × 129.2 cm)
Inscription
Signed and dated front lower right: Philip Guston 1951
Catalogue Number
P51.004
Provenance
Private Collection, London
Auction: Sotheby's New York, Contemporary Art Part 1, May 17, 2000, Lot 45
Private Collection
Private Collection
Helyn and Ralph Goldenberg, Chicago
Mrs. William A. Pedlar, New York
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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