Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné

Title
Summer
Date
1954
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
64 x 60 in.162.6 x 152.4 cm
Inscription
Signed front lower left: P. Guston
Catalogue No.
P54.003
Provenance
The Collection of Robert and Marguerite Hoffman
Auction: Christie's New York, Contemporary Art, November 7, 1990, Lot 4
Private Collection
Private Collection
Exhibitions
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY, "Recent Paintings Philip Guston", February 06, 1956 - March 03, 1956
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, "Color in Art, A Tribute to Arthur Pope", April 25, 1974 - June 16, 1974
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, "Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art", January 11, 2007 - May 20, 2007
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, "Re-Seeing the Contemporary", October 15, 2010 - March 20, 2011
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
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, "Color in Art, A Tribute to Arthur Pope", April 25, 1974 - June 16, 1974
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, "Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art", January 11, 2007 - May 20, 2007
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, "Re-Seeing the Contemporary", October 15, 2010 - March 20, 2011
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
Bibliography
Karp, Ivan C. "Philip Guston." Village Voice, February 15, 1956, p. 7, mentioned in text of article, not illus.
Gazette (Montreal). "New Shows Reveal Diverse Solutions." February 18, 1956, mentioned in text, not illus.
Time. "Art: The Wild Ones." February 20, 1956, pp. 70–75, illus. in color p. 74 (unpaginated)
Ashton, Dore. "Art: The Age of Lyricism" Arts & Architecture, March 1956, pp. 14–15, 43–44, mentioned in text pp. 15, 43, not illus.
Eliot, Alexander. Three Hundred Years of American Painting. New York: Time Incorporated, 1957, illus. in color p. 274 and mentioned in text p. 272
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.
Taylor, Robert. "Fogg's 'Color in Art' show a tribute to Arthur Pope." Boston Globe, May 8, 1974, p. 22, mentioned in text, not illus.
Lois Orswell, David Smith and Modern Art. Exh. cat. Cambridge: Harvard Art Museums, 2002, Fig. 81, illus. in b&w p. 176
Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art. Exh. cat. Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 2007, illus. in color p. 86
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 45 illus. in color p. 60
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 39 p. 59 and mentioned in text p. 44
Naves, Mario. "Finding Context: After a nearly two-year postponement, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston became the first of four venues to open the Philip Guston Now exhibition." Art & Antiques, June 2022, pp. 34-39, mentioned in text p. 37, not illus.
Art Daily. "Philip Guston Now, first retrospective in nearly 20 years, opens at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston." October 24, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Houston Style Magazine. "Philip Guston Now Opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Through January 2023." October 28, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Fielder, Garland. "Review: 'Philip Guston Now' at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston." Glasstire (Texas), December 6, 2022. Online, illus. in color
Haidu, Rachel. "Shapes, Wholes, History." October 185 (2023): pp. 99-117, mentioned in text p. 111, not illus.
Gazette (Montreal). "New Shows Reveal Diverse Solutions." February 18, 1956, mentioned in text, not illus.
Time. "Art: The Wild Ones." February 20, 1956, pp. 70–75, illus. in color p. 74 (unpaginated)
Ashton, Dore. "Art: The Age of Lyricism" Arts & Architecture, March 1956, pp. 14–15, 43–44, mentioned in text pp. 15, 43, not illus.
Eliot, Alexander. Three Hundred Years of American Painting. New York: Time Incorporated, 1957, illus. in color p. 274 and mentioned in text p. 272
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.
Taylor, Robert. "Fogg's 'Color in Art' show a tribute to Arthur Pope." Boston Globe, May 8, 1974, p. 22, mentioned in text, not illus.
Lois Orswell, David Smith and Modern Art. Exh. cat. Cambridge: Harvard Art Museums, 2002, Fig. 81, illus. in b&w p. 176
Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art. Exh. cat. Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 2007, illus. in color p. 86
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 45 illus. in color p. 60
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 39 p. 59 and mentioned in text p. 44
Naves, Mario. "Finding Context: After a nearly two-year postponement, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston became the first of four venues to open the Philip Guston Now exhibition." Art & Antiques, June 2022, pp. 34-39, mentioned in text p. 37, not illus.
Art Daily. "Philip Guston Now, first retrospective in nearly 20 years, opens at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston." October 24, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Houston Style Magazine. "Philip Guston Now Opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Through January 2023." October 28, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Fielder, Garland. "Review: 'Philip Guston Now' at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston." Glasstire (Texas), December 6, 2022. Online, illus. in color
Haidu, Rachel. "Shapes, Wholes, History." October 185 (2023): pp. 99-117, mentioned in text p. 111, not illus.
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Title
Summer
Date
1954
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
64 × 60 in. (162.6 × 152.4 cm)
Inscription
Signed front lower left: P. Guston
Catalogue Number
P54.003
Provenance
The Collection of Robert and Marguerite Hoffman
Auction: Christie's New York, Contemporary Art, November 7, 1990, Lot 4
Private Collection
Private Collection
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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