Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné
Title
Painting
Date
1952
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
48 x 51 in.121.9 x 129.5 cm
Inscription
Signed front lower left: Philip Guston
Catalogue No.
P52.005
Provenance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, 2006
Muriel Kallis Newman
Exhibitions
Egan Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston Paintings and Drawings", January 12, 1953 - February 07, 1953
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "12 Americans", May 29, 1956 - September 09, 1956
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, "63rd American Exhibition, Paintings, Sculpture", December 02, 1959 - January 31, 1960
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", May 03, 1962 - July 01, 1962
University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX, "Six Painters: Mondrian, Guston, Kline, De Kooning, Pollock, Rothko", February 23, 1967 - April 02, 1967
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, "New York Painting and Sculpture 1940-1970", October 18, 1969 - February 01, 1970
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, "An American Choice: The Muriel Kallis Newman Collection", May 21, 1981 - September 27, 1981
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, "Abstract Expressionism and Other Modern Works: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art", September 18, 2007 - March 02, 2008
Musée national Picasso-Paris, Paris, France, "Philip Guston. L’ironie de l’histoire", October 14, 2025 - March 01, 2026
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "12 Americans", May 29, 1956 - September 09, 1956
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, "63rd American Exhibition, Paintings, Sculpture", December 02, 1959 - January 31, 1960
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", May 03, 1962 - July 01, 1962
University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX, "Six Painters: Mondrian, Guston, Kline, De Kooning, Pollock, Rothko", February 23, 1967 - April 02, 1967
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, "New York Painting and Sculpture 1940-1970", October 18, 1969 - February 01, 1970
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, "An American Choice: The Muriel Kallis Newman Collection", May 21, 1981 - September 27, 1981
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, "Abstract Expressionism and Other Modern Works: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art", September 18, 2007 - March 02, 2008
Musée national Picasso-Paris, Paris, France, "Philip Guston. L’ironie de l’histoire", October 14, 2025 - March 01, 2026
Bibliography
Steinberg, Leo. "Month in Review: Fritz Glarner and Philip Guston among 'Twelve Americans' at the Museum of Modern Art." Arts, June 1956, pp. 42–45, mentioned in text p. 44, not illus.
Miller, Dorothy C., ed. 12 Americans. Exh. cat. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1956, unnumbered catalog, illus. in b&w p. 38
63rd American Exhibition: Paintings and Sculpture. Exh. cat. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1959, cat. no. 44, not illus.
Ashton, Dore. Philip Guston. New York: Grove, 1960, illus. in color opp. p. 18
O'Hara, Frank. "Growth and Guston." ARTnews, May 1962, pp. 31–33, 51–52, illus. in b&w p. 31 no. 2 and mentioned in text p. 52
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1962, cat. no. 19, illus. in color p. 57, Collection Mrs. Albert H. Newman, Chicago
Six Painters: Mondrian, Guston, Kline, De Kooning, Pollock, Rothko. Exh. cat. Houston: University of St. Thomas Art Department, 1967, cat. no. 14, illus. in color p. 36
Geldzahler, Henry. New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940–1970. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969, cat. no. 110 illus. in color p. 79
Moritz, Charles, ed. Current Biography, February 1971, pp. 10-13, mentioned in text p. 12, not illus.
Moritz, Charles, ed. Current Biography Yearbook 1971. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1971, pp. 176-178, mentioned in text p. 177, not illus.
Steinberg, Leo. Other Criteria: Confrontations with Twentieth-Century Art. New York: Oxford University, 1972, mentioned in text pp. 282-283, not illus.
Cone, Michèle. The Roots & Routes of Art in the 20th Century. New York: Horizon Press, 1975, mentioned in text p. 193, 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. 137, not illus.
Arnason, H. H. History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture. 2nd ed. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1977, illus. in color p. 513 plate 210 and mentioned in text p. 528
Hess, Alice. "Great Private Collections: A Chicago Visionary." Saturday Review, October 1980, pp. 3, 72–75, illus. p. 75, mentioned in text p. 72
Kramer, Hilton. "Modernist Show Moves Met Firmly into Art of 20th Century." The New York Times, May 22, 1981, pp. C1, C21, mentioned in text, not illus.
An American Choice: The Muriel Kallis Newman Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1981, illus. in b&w p. 79
Purviance, Nina. "Philip Guston in the Fifties: The Power of Suggestion." Arts Magazine, September 1985, pp. 94–97, mentioned in text p. 94, not illus.
Thaw, Eugene Victor. "The Abstract Expressionists." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Winter 1986–1987, illus. in color Figure 41 p. 50 and mentioned in text p. 47
Anfam, David. Abstract Expressionism. London: Thames & Hudson, 1990, illus. in color no. 126 and mentioned in text pp. 155 and 194
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, cat. no. 43, pp. 135-138 (illus. in color; essay by Harry Cooper)
Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Auction. New York: Sotheby's. Auction cat., November 16, 2017, mentioned in text p. 106, not illus.
Wecker, Menachem. "The Patronizing Censoring of Philip Guston." Mosaic, December 8, 2020. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Vieville, Camille, "Le Monde Selon Philip Guston." Art Newspaper (Paris), November 2025. Print, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 39 illus. in color p. 58
Miller, Dorothy C., ed. 12 Americans. Exh. cat. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1956, unnumbered catalog, illus. in b&w p. 38
63rd American Exhibition: Paintings and Sculpture. Exh. cat. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1959, cat. no. 44, not illus.
Ashton, Dore. Philip Guston. New York: Grove, 1960, illus. in color opp. p. 18
O'Hara, Frank. "Growth and Guston." ARTnews, May 1962, pp. 31–33, 51–52, illus. in b&w p. 31 no. 2 and mentioned in text p. 52
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1962, cat. no. 19, illus. in color p. 57, Collection Mrs. Albert H. Newman, Chicago
Six Painters: Mondrian, Guston, Kline, De Kooning, Pollock, Rothko. Exh. cat. Houston: University of St. Thomas Art Department, 1967, cat. no. 14, illus. in color p. 36
Geldzahler, Henry. New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940–1970. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969, cat. no. 110 illus. in color p. 79
Moritz, Charles, ed. Current Biography, February 1971, pp. 10-13, mentioned in text p. 12, not illus.
Moritz, Charles, ed. Current Biography Yearbook 1971. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1971, pp. 176-178, mentioned in text p. 177, not illus.
Steinberg, Leo. Other Criteria: Confrontations with Twentieth-Century Art. New York: Oxford University, 1972, mentioned in text pp. 282-283, not illus.
Cone, Michèle. The Roots & Routes of Art in the 20th Century. New York: Horizon Press, 1975, mentioned in text p. 193, 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. 137, not illus.
Arnason, H. H. History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture. 2nd ed. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1977, illus. in color p. 513 plate 210 and mentioned in text p. 528
Hess, Alice. "Great Private Collections: A Chicago Visionary." Saturday Review, October 1980, pp. 3, 72–75, illus. p. 75, mentioned in text p. 72
Kramer, Hilton. "Modernist Show Moves Met Firmly into Art of 20th Century." The New York Times, May 22, 1981, pp. C1, C21, mentioned in text, not illus.
An American Choice: The Muriel Kallis Newman Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1981, illus. in b&w p. 79
Purviance, Nina. "Philip Guston in the Fifties: The Power of Suggestion." Arts Magazine, September 1985, pp. 94–97, mentioned in text p. 94, not illus.
Thaw, Eugene Victor. "The Abstract Expressionists." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Winter 1986–1987, illus. in color Figure 41 p. 50 and mentioned in text p. 47
Anfam, David. Abstract Expressionism. London: Thames & Hudson, 1990, illus. in color no. 126 and mentioned in text pp. 155 and 194
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, cat. no. 43, pp. 135-138 (illus. in color; essay by Harry Cooper)
Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Auction. New York: Sotheby's. Auction cat., November 16, 2017, mentioned in text p. 106, not illus.
Wecker, Menachem. "The Patronizing Censoring of Philip Guston." Mosaic, December 8, 2020. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Vieville, Camille, "Le Monde Selon Philip Guston." Art Newspaper (Paris), November 2025. Print, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 39 illus. in color p. 58
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Title
Painting
Date
1952
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
48 × 51 in. (121.9 × 129.5 cm)
Inscription
Signed front lower left: Philip Guston
Catalogue Number
P52.005
Provenance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, 2006
Muriel Kallis Newman
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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