Philip Guston Catalogue Raisonné

Philip Guston

Catalogue Raisonné

Title

Painting

Date

1954

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

63¼ x 60⅛ in.160.7 x 152.7 cm

Inscription

Signed and dated front lower right: P. G./ '54

Catalogue No.

P54.001

Provenance

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Philip Johnson Fund

Exhibitions

Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, "50 ans d'Art aux Etats-Unis, Collections du Museum of Modern Art de New York", March 30, 1955 - May 15, 1955

Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, "Modern Art in the United States: Selections from the Collections of the Museum of Modern Art", July 16, 1955 - August 28, 1955

Palacio de la Virreina y Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain, "El Arte Moderno en los Estados Unidos: Seleccion de las Colecciones del Museum of Modern Art, Nueva York", September 24, 1955 - October 24, 1955

Haus des deutschen Kunsthandwerks, Frankfurt, Germany, "Modern Art in the United States: Selections from the Collections of the Museum of Modern Art", November 13, 1955 - December 11, 1955

Tate Gallery, London, England, "Modern Art in the United States: Selections from the Collections of the Museum of Modern Art", January 05, 1956 - February 12, 1956

Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands, "Modern Art in the United States: Selections from the Collections of the Museum of Modern Art", March 02, 1956 - April 15, 1956

Vienna Secession, Vienna, Austria, "Modern Art in the United States: Selections from the Collections of the Museum of Modern Art", May 05, 1956 - June 02, 1956

Kalemegdan Pavilion, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, "Modern Art in the United States: Selections from the Collections of the Museum of Modern Art", July 06, 1956 - August 06, 1956

Charles Egan Gallery, New York, NY, "[tenth anniversary show]", May 1955
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "12 Americans", May 29, 1956 - September 09, 1956
Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, "IV Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna, de São Paulo", September 22, 1957 - December 31, 1957
Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland, "Die Neue Amerikanische Malerei", April 19, 1958 - May 26, 1958

Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Milan, Italy, "The New American Painting", June 01, 1958 - June 29, 1958

Museo Nacional de Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid, Spain, "The New American Painting", July 16, 1958 - August 11, 1958

Hochshule für Bildende Künste, Berlin, Germany, "The New American Painting", September 01, 1958 - October 01, 1958

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, "The New American Painting", October 17, 1958 - November 24, 1958

Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium, "The New American Painting", December 05, 1958 - January 04, 1959

Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, "The New American Painting", January 16, 1959 - February 15, 1959

Tate Gallery, London, England, "The New American Painting", February 24, 1959 - March 23, 1959

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "The New American Painting", May 26, 1959 - September 08, 1959

Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, "V Bienal, Estados Unidos, 1959", September 21, 1959 - December 31, 1959
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, "Paths of Abstract Art", October 04, 1960 - November 13, 1960
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

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., "Paintings from the Museum of Modern Art, New York", December 17, 1963 - March 01, 1964
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
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection", October 11, 1965 - November 12, 1965
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, "Philip Guston, A Selective Retrospective Exhibition: 1945-1965", February 27, 1966 - March 27, 1966
University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX, "Six Painters: Mondrian, Guston, Kline, De Kooning, Pollock, Rothko", February 23, 1967 - April 02, 1967
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection", June 30, 1967 - September 26, 1967
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection", March 20, 1968 - June 11, 1968
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "The New American Painting and Sculpture: The First Generation from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art including promised gifts", June 18, 1969 - October 05, 1969
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collections", April 22, 1971 - February 24, 1972
Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, "American Art from The Museum of Modern Art", February 15, 1979 - April 16, 1979

Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany, "American Art from The Museum of Modern Art", May 18, 1979 - July 16, 1979

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, "American Art from The Museum of Modern Art", August 06, 1979 - September 16, 1979

Museo Español de Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid, Spain, "American Art from The Museum of Modern Art", October 08, 1979 - November 18, 1979

Museum des 20.Jahrhunderts, Vienna, Austria, "American Art from The Museum of Modern Art", December 10, 1979 - January 20, 1980

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel, "American Art from The Museum of Modern Art", February 18, 1980 - April 12, 1980

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

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Reinstallation of the Collection", November 19, 1981 - January 03, 1982
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Selections from the Permanent Collection, Painting and Sculpture", May 17, 1984 - March 27, 1985
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Philip Johnson: Selected Gifts", April 10, 1985 - October 27, 1985
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Selections from Permanent Collection, Painting and Sculpture", December 23, 1985 - February 17, 1989
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

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Selections from the Permanent Collection, Painting and Sculpture", February 21, 1990 - July 31, 1990
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Selections from the Permanent Collection, Painting and Sculpture", August 23, 1991 - May 28, 1992
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Works from the Collection", May 28, 1992 - July 26, 1992
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, France, "Les Nympheas, avant et apres", October 27, 1992 - January 25, 1993
McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Paintings from the Fifties", April 22, 1995 - June 03, 1995
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "From Bauhaus to Pop: Masterworks Given by Philip Johnson", June 06, 1996 - September 03, 1996
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, "Shifting Visions: O'Keefe, Guston, Richter", October 10, 1998 - January 24, 1999
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Postwar to Pop: Masterworks from MoMA's Collection", April 30, 1999 - October 05, 1999
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 Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Painting and Sculpture: Inaugural Installation", November 20, 2004 - September 17, 2007
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Painting and Sculpture Changes 2008", August 08, 2008 - December 08, 2008
L&M Arts, New York, NY, "Philip Guston 1954-1958", January 15, 2009 - February 28, 2009
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, Ireland, "Vertical Thoughts: Morton Feldman and the Visual Arts", March 31, 2010 - June 27, 2010
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Abstract Expressionist New York: The Big Picture", October 03, 2010 - April 25, 2011

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, "Abstract Expressionist New York: The Big Picture", May 28, 2011 - September 04, 2011

Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, France, "Nymphéas. L'abstraction américaine et le dernier Monet" (The Water Lilies. American Abstract Painting and the last Monet)", April 13, 2018 - August 20, 2018
Musée national Picasso-Paris, Paris, France, "Philip Guston. L’ironie de l’histoire", October 14, 2025 - March 01, 2026

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Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: George Braziller, 1980, cat. no. 24, illus. in color plate 16 p. 60

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Purviance, Nina. "Philip Guston in the Fifties: The Power of Suggestion." Arts Magazine, September 1985, pp. 94–97, Fig. 1 illus. in b&w p. 94 and mentioned in text pp. 94-95

Storr, Robert. Philip Guston. New York: Abbeville Modern Masters, 1986, illus. in color no. 27 p. 32 and mentioned in text pp. 34-35 and 39

Solomon, Deborah. "Daddy Dearest." Books, New Criterion, September 1988, pp. 72–75, mentioned in text, not illus.

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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., incorrectly mentioned as being from mid-1940s

Tyson, Janet. "Autobiographical side paints life of struggle." Fort Worth Star-Telegram, December 28, 1989, section Four, pp. 1, 7, 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. 11, illus. in color p. 42

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American Art in the 20th Century: Painting and Sculpture 1913–1993. Exh. cat. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1993, mentioned in text p. 450, not illus.

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Philip Guston: Paintings from the Fifties. Exh. cat. New York: McKee Gallery, 1995, cat. no. 7, illus. in color (no page #)

Picasso, Guston, Miro, de Kooning: In vollkommener Freiheit. Exh. cat. Bremen: Neues Museum Weserberg Bremen, 1996, mentioned in text p. 96, not illus.

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Proctor, R.A. "Go See: Philip Guston at L&M Arts, New York through February 28th, 2009." AO Art Observed, February 12, 2009. Online, illus. in color online

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Balken, Debra Bricker. After Many Springs: Regionalism, Modernism and the Midwest. Exh. cat. Des Moines: Des Moines Art Center, 2009, illus. in b&w illus. 26 p. 188 and mentioned in text p. 185

Vertical Thoughts: Morton Feldman and the Visual Arts. Exh. cat. Dublin: Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2010, illus. in color p. 45

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Monet y la Abstraccion. Exh. cat. Madrid: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2010, illus. in color p. 58

Pasta, Paulo. A Educação Pela Pintura. Sao Paulo: WMF Martins Fontes, 2012, cat. no. 21, illus. in color p. 51

Lewison, Jeremy. "Pollock, De Kooning, Guston: A European Heritage." In Stedelijk Collection Reflections: Reflections on the Collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Rotterdam: Nai010 Publishers, 2012, illus. in color p. 333

Sylvester, David. Ein Gespräch mit Philip Guston. NichtSoKleineBibliothek 8. Bern: Piet Meyer Verlag, 2013, illus. in color p. 95, illus. no. 36

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. 11 and 123, not illus.

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Storr, Robert. "Philip Guston: Hilarious and Horrifying." New York Review of Books, March 8, 2015. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.

Philip Guston & The Poets. Exh. cat. Essay by Kosme de Barañano. Hauser & Wirth, 2017, illus. in color p. 30

Philip Guston: Nixon Drawings 1971 & 1975. Exh. cat. Essays by Musa Mayer and Debra Bricker-Balken. Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2017, illus. in color Fig. 3 p. 184

Findlay, Michael. Seeing Slowly: Looking at Modern Art. New York: Prestel, 2017, illus. in color p. 218

Brandt, Anthony, and David Eagleman. The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World. New York: Catapult, 2017, illus. in color p. 140

Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Auction. New York: Sotheby's. Auction cat., November 16, 2017, mentioned in text p. 106, not illus.

Holman, Matthew. "How Monet's Water Lilies Took Root Across the Pond." Apollo (London), July 17, 2018. Online, illus. in color

Kleeblatt, Norman L. "The Water Lilies: American Abstract Painting and the Last* Monet." Brooklyn Rail, September 4, 2018, section ArtSeen. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text

Auping, Michael. 40 Years: Just Talking About Art. Munich: DelMonico Books, 2018, illus. in color p. 295

Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong Issue no. 1: Philip Guston. Exh. guide. Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2018, illus. in color and mentioned in text p. 12

Nymphéas: L'abstraction américaine et le dernier Monet. Exh. cat. Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 2018, illus. in color cat. no. 23 p. 161

Katz, Alex. Looking at Art with Alex Katz. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2018, illus. in color p. 72

Raising the Bar: Masterworks from the Collection of Morton and Barbara Mandel. New York: Sotheby's. Auction cat. May 16, 2018, illus. in color p. 108

Miller, Peter Benson. Encounters I. Exh. cat. Rome: American Academy in Rome, 2019, mentioned in text p. 6, not illus.

Smee, Sebastian. "Anger at Donald Trump may turn great artists into political cartoonists. It's happened before." Washington Post, September 4, 2020. Online, illus. in color

Wecker, Menachem. "The Patronizing Censoring of Philip Guston." Mosaic, December 8, 2020. Online, 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, mentioned in text p. 230, not illus.

Mayer, Musa. Philip Guston. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in color p. 37 and mentioned in text p. 35

Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 44 illus. in color p. 59, illus. in b&w p. 304 as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text pp. 52, 60 and 299

Dohoney, Ryan. Morton Feldman: Friendship and Mourning in the New York Avant-Garde. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, mentioned in text p. 111, not illus.

Philip Guston. Lyon: FAGE éditions, 2022, illus. in color p. 15

Norman Carton: Chromatic Brilliance, Paintings from the 1940s-60s. Exh. cat. New York: Hollis Taggart, 2023, illus. in color Fig. 12 p. 16

박영택 저. "오직, 그림 세계 미술사의 획기적인 그림 51." Korea: Maumsanchaek, 2024, illus. in color no. 35 p. 288 and mentioned in text pp. 289-295

Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, illus. no. 40 illus. in color p. 59 and mentioned in text p. 200

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Title

Painting

Date

1954

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

63¼ × 60⅛ in. (160.7 × 152.7 cm)

Inscription

Signed and dated front lower right: P. G./ '54

Catalogue Number

P54.001

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The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Philip Johnson Fund

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