Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné

Title
Cythera
Date
1957
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
72 x 64 in.182.9 x 162.6 cm
Inscription
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston
Catalogue No.
P57.018
Provenance
Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Donald Blinken
Exhibitions
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", February 24, 1958 - March 22, 1958
Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, "V Bienal, Estados Unidos, 1959", September 21, 1959 - December 31, 1959
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", May 03, 1962 - July 01, 1962
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, "New York Painting and Sculpture 1940-1970", October 18, 1969 - February 01, 1970
The Century Association, New York, NY, "[Unknown Title]", July 1978 - August 1978
David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "A Tribute to Philip Guston: Paintings and Drawings from 1950 to 1980", October 11, 1980 - November 12, 1980
Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, "V Bienal, Estados Unidos, 1959", September 21, 1959 - December 31, 1959
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", May 03, 1962 - July 01, 1962
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, "New York Painting and Sculpture 1940-1970", October 18, 1969 - February 01, 1970
The Century Association, New York, NY, "[Unknown Title]", July 1978 - August 1978
David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "A Tribute to Philip Guston: Paintings and Drawings from 1950 to 1980", October 11, 1980 - November 12, 1980
Bibliography
Devree, Howard. "Contrasts of Today: Traditional and New in Three Shows." The New York Times, March 2, 1958, section 2, p. 9, mentioned in text, not illus.
A V Bienal, Estados Unidos, 1959. Exh. cat. Minneapolis: Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, 1959, cat. no. 14, illus. in b&w (no page #), Collection Mr. and Mrs. Donald Blinken, New York, NY
Hunter, Sam, "Philip Guston," Art International, May 1962, pp. 62–67, mentioned in text p. 67, not illus.
Newsweek. "Art: Long Journey." May 7, 1962, p. 94, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1962, cat. no. 39, not illus.
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1962, cat. no. 37, not illus.
Geldzahler, Henry. New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940–1970. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969, cat. no. 115 illus. in b&w p. 173
O'Hara, Frank. "Growth and Guston." In Art Chronicles 1954–1966. New York: George Braziller, 1975, pp. 134-141, mentioned in text p. 138, not illus.
Kachur, Lewis. "Philip Guston." Arts Magazine, January 1981, p. 9, mentioned in text, not illus.
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston. New York: Abbeville Modern Masters, 1986, illus. in b&w no. 29 p. 35
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.
Mack, Gerhard. "Philip Guston Künstler." Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst 36, no. 3 (1997): pp. 1–16, mentioned in text p. 6, not illus.
Newton, Steven James. Painting, Psychoanalysis, and Spirituality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, illus. in b&w fig. 21 p. 129 and mentioned in text p. 128
Anfam, David. "Telling Tales: Philip Guston in Retrospect." Artforum International, May 2003, pp. 132–39, 192, mentioned in text p. 138, not illus.
Slifkin, Robert S. "Dark Unfathomed Retrospect." Art Journal 62, no. 4 (2003): pp. 105–08, mentioned in text p. 106, not illus.
Blinken, Donald. "Art collector Donald Blinken remembers all about artists." Financial Times (London), December 1, 2017. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, mentioned in text p. 37, not illus.
A V Bienal, Estados Unidos, 1959. Exh. cat. Minneapolis: Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, 1959, cat. no. 14, illus. in b&w (no page #), Collection Mr. and Mrs. Donald Blinken, New York, NY
Hunter, Sam, "Philip Guston," Art International, May 1962, pp. 62–67, mentioned in text p. 67, not illus.
Newsweek. "Art: Long Journey." May 7, 1962, p. 94, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1962, cat. no. 39, not illus.
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1962, cat. no. 37, not illus.
Geldzahler, Henry. New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940–1970. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969, cat. no. 115 illus. in b&w p. 173
O'Hara, Frank. "Growth and Guston." In Art Chronicles 1954–1966. New York: George Braziller, 1975, pp. 134-141, mentioned in text p. 138, not illus.
Kachur, Lewis. "Philip Guston." Arts Magazine, January 1981, p. 9, mentioned in text, not illus.
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston. New York: Abbeville Modern Masters, 1986, illus. in b&w no. 29 p. 35
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.
Mack, Gerhard. "Philip Guston Künstler." Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst 36, no. 3 (1997): pp. 1–16, mentioned in text p. 6, not illus.
Newton, Steven James. Painting, Psychoanalysis, and Spirituality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, illus. in b&w fig. 21 p. 129 and mentioned in text p. 128
Anfam, David. "Telling Tales: Philip Guston in Retrospect." Artforum International, May 2003, pp. 132–39, 192, mentioned in text p. 138, not illus.
Slifkin, Robert S. "Dark Unfathomed Retrospect." Art Journal 62, no. 4 (2003): pp. 105–08, mentioned in text p. 106, not illus.
Blinken, Donald. "Art collector Donald Blinken remembers all about artists." Financial Times (London), December 1, 2017. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: The Irony of History. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2025, mentioned in text p. 37, not illus.
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Title
Cythera
Date
1957
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
72 × 64 in. (182.9 × 162.6 cm)
Inscription
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston
Catalogue Number
P57.018
Provenance
Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Donald Blinken
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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