Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné
Title
Passage
Date
1957 - 1958
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
65 x 74¼ in.165.1 x 188.6 cm
Inscription
Signed front lower center: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "PASSAGE" [underlined] 1957/ [size obscured]
Catalogue No.
P58.001
Provenance
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Bequest of Caroline Wiess Law
Caroline Wiess Law
Mrs. Dolly Bright Carter
Phyllis B. Lambert, New York
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons
Exhibitions
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", February 24, 1958 - March 22, 1958
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, "1958 Annual Exhibition, Sculpture, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings", November 19, 1958 - January 04, 1959
Sokolniki Park, Moscow, Russia, "Amerikanskaya zhiropia i sculptura: Amerikanskaya natsionalonaya vystavka v Moskve (American National Exhibition)", July 25, 1959 - September 05, 1959
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "American Business and the Arts", September 14, 1961 - October 15, 1961
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", May 03, 1962 - July 01, 1962
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
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA, "A Look at New York", June 12, 1973 - July 22, 1973
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX, "A Spirited Vision: Highlights of the Bequest of Caroline Wiess Law to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston", February 22, 2004 - April 25, 2004
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX, "Modern Painting from the MFAH Collection", July 30, 2010 - August 08, 2010
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston Now", May 01, 2022 - September 11, 2022
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, "1958 Annual Exhibition, Sculpture, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings", November 19, 1958 - January 04, 1959
Sokolniki Park, Moscow, Russia, "Amerikanskaya zhiropia i sculptura: Amerikanskaya natsionalonaya vystavka v Moskve (American National Exhibition)", July 25, 1959 - September 05, 1959
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "American Business and the Arts", September 14, 1961 - October 15, 1961
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
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
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA, "A Look at New York", June 12, 1973 - July 22, 1973
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX, "A Spirited Vision: Highlights of the Bequest of Caroline Wiess Law to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston", February 22, 2004 - April 25, 2004
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX, "Modern Painting from the MFAH Collection", July 30, 2010 - August 08, 2010
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston Now", May 01, 2022 - September 11, 2022
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
Tate Modern, London, England, "Philip Guston", October 05, 2023 - February 25, 2024
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.
Coates, Robert M. "The Whitney Annual." The New Yorker, November 29, 1958, pp. 169–72, mentioned in text p. 170, not illus.
1958 Annual Exhibition, Sculpture, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings. Exh cat. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1958, cat. no. 88, not illus., "Lent by Joseph E. Seagram & Sons"
The New York Times. "Moscow To See Modern U.S. Art." May 31, 1959, p. 60, not illus., listed in article as being from 1957
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1962, cat. no. 43, illus. in color p. 81, Collection Mrs. Phyllis Lambert, New York, dated 1957-58
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1962, cat. no. 41, illus. in color (no page #)
Lambert, Helen. "Guston Show Heads London Gallery List." New York Herald Tribune (Paris), January 16, 1963, p. 5, mentioned in text, not illus.
Tuchman, Maurice. New York School, The First Generation: Paintings of the 1940s and 1950s. Paperback ed. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1965, cat. no. 42, illus. in b&w p. 107
Tuchman, Maurice. New York School, The First Generation: Paintings of the 1940s and 1950s. Exh. cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1965, cat. no. 42, illus. in color p. 107
Rose, Barbara. American Art Since 1900: A Critical History. New York: Praeger, 1967, illus. in b&w illus. no. 7-18 p. 206
Tuchman, Maurice, ed. New York School: The First Generation. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1971, illus. in color no. 44, p. 79
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston. New York: Abbeville Modern Masters, 1986, illus. in color no. 31 p. 36
Lenzi, Marco. L'estetica musicale di Morton Feldman. Milan: Universal Music MGB, 2009, illus. in color fig. 1
Marzio, Peter. American Art and Philanthropy: Twenty Years of Collecting at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, illus. p. 319, mentioned in text pp. 204-205 and 319
Russeth, Andrew. "National Gallery of Art Plans 2020 Traveling Philip Guston Retrospective." ARTnews, June 27, 2019. Online, illus. in color
Laster, Paul. "Philip Guston: A Life Lived Through Art." Art & Object (Chapel Hill, NC), July 21, 2020. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Cascone, Sarah. "Philip Guston's Daughter and Other Critics Speak Out Against Four Museums' Decision to Postpone a Major Retrospective on the Artist." artnet News, September 25, 2020. Online, illus. in color
Allen, Brian T. "Philip Guston and the KKK: Museums Cower and Run for Cover." National Review, October 10, 2020. Online, illus. in color
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 46 p. 67
Bowen, Jared. 'Philip Guston Now' portrays art of controversial and confrontational painter. Washington D.C.: PBS News Hour, May 12, 2022. Video, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Allen, Brian T. "Philip Guston Now, Delayed by Race Hysteria, Finally Gets Its Day." National Review, October 1, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
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.
Ocula. "Philip Guston's Major Retrospective Opens in Washington D.C." March 2, 2023. Online, illus. in color
Wilkin, Karen. "Philip Guston in Boston, Houston, and Washington." Hudson Review, Spring 2023. Online, illus. in color
Bui, Phong. "Philip Guston Now—A Personal Meditation." Brooklyn Rail, May 2023. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Bui, Phong. "Philip Guston Now—A Personal Meditation." Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2023, pp. 48-49, mentioned in text p. 49, not illus.
Westall, Mark. "Tate Modern to present a landmark exhibition of Philip Guston this October." FAD Magazine, August 22, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
London Visitors. "Philip Guston at Tate Modern from 5 October 2023 to 25 February 2024." Blog. September 1, 2023. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Chow, Vivienne. "15 Must-See Shows This Fall in Europe, From a Major Survey of Marina Abramović to a Face Off Between Edvard Munch and Goya: Philip Guston" artnet News, September 14, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Searle, Adrian. "'What would it be like to be evil?' Controversial Philip Guston show ridicules the virus-like KKK." Guardian, October 3, 2023. Online, illus. in color
Kent, Sarah. "Philip Guston, Tate Modern review - a compelling look at an artist who derided the KKK: How to appear daft while addressing the dark side." Arts Desk, October 5, 2023. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Wullschläger, Jackie. "Philip Guston, Tate Modern review — violent, unsettling and thrilling from start to finish." Financial Times, October 5, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Luzi, Irene. "Philip Guston alla Tate Modern, con più di 100 opere. Le immagini della mostra." ArtsLife (Milan), October 5, 2023. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Wullschläger, Jackie. "Violent and unsettling." FT Weekend (London), October 7-8, 2023, section Arts, pp. 14-15., mentioned in text p. 15, not illus.
Prodger, Michael. "Philip Guston's American monsters." New Statesman (London), October 8, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Carolin, Clare. "Philip Guston: controversial delayed Tate show asks 'what would it be like to be evil?'" The Conversation, October 10, 2023. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Charlesworth, J.J. "Philip Guston and the Politics of Painted Images." ArtReview (London), October 13, 2023. Online, illus. in color
Lloyd, Joe. "Philip Guston: This straight-laced, work-focused retrospective affirms Philip Guston's place as one of the 20th century's finest painters." Studio International, October 19, 2023. Online, illus. in color
Cohen, Alexander. "The Jewish artist who perfectly captured the turbulent world he was witnessing." Jewish Chronicle, October 19, 2023. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text
Judah, Hettie. "Philip Guston, Tate Modern, review: Outstanding paintings of crisis, violence and injustice." i (London), October 21, 2023. Online, illus. in color
Nelson, Saul. "Insomniac Visions." Sidecar (NLR blog), November 24, 2023. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Darwent, Charles. "Perpetual motion: The many incarnations of Philip Guston." Times Literary Supplement (London), November 24, 2023, p. 14, mentioned in text, not illus.
Lawson-Tancred, Jo, "A Long-Delayed Retrospective of Philip Guston's Acerbic Paintings Finally Opens in London." artnet News, January 3, 2024. Online, illus. in color
Kellaway, Dave. "Philip Guston (1913-1980) Bearing Witness to Brutality and Injustice." Anti-Capitalist Resistance, February 3, 2024. Online, illus. in color
Coates, Robert M. "The Whitney Annual." The New Yorker, November 29, 1958, pp. 169–72, mentioned in text p. 170, not illus.
1958 Annual Exhibition, Sculpture, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings. Exh cat. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1958, cat. no. 88, not illus., "Lent by Joseph E. Seagram & Sons"
The New York Times. "Moscow To See Modern U.S. Art." May 31, 1959, p. 60, not illus., listed in article as being from 1957
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1962, cat. no. 43, illus. in color p. 81, Collection Mrs. Phyllis Lambert, New York, dated 1957-58
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1962, cat. no. 41, illus. in color (no page #)
Lambert, Helen. "Guston Show Heads London Gallery List." New York Herald Tribune (Paris), January 16, 1963, p. 5, mentioned in text, not illus.
Tuchman, Maurice. New York School, The First Generation: Paintings of the 1940s and 1950s. Paperback ed. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1965, cat. no. 42, illus. in b&w p. 107
Tuchman, Maurice. New York School, The First Generation: Paintings of the 1940s and 1950s. Exh. cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1965, cat. no. 42, illus. in color p. 107
Rose, Barbara. American Art Since 1900: A Critical History. New York: Praeger, 1967, illus. in b&w illus. no. 7-18 p. 206
Tuchman, Maurice, ed. New York School: The First Generation. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1971, illus. in color no. 44, p. 79
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston. New York: Abbeville Modern Masters, 1986, illus. in color no. 31 p. 36
Lenzi, Marco. L'estetica musicale di Morton Feldman. Milan: Universal Music MGB, 2009, illus. in color fig. 1
Marzio, Peter. American Art and Philanthropy: Twenty Years of Collecting at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, illus. p. 319, mentioned in text pp. 204-205 and 319
Russeth, Andrew. "National Gallery of Art Plans 2020 Traveling Philip Guston Retrospective." ARTnews, June 27, 2019. Online, illus. in color
Laster, Paul. "Philip Guston: A Life Lived Through Art." Art & Object (Chapel Hill, NC), July 21, 2020. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Cascone, Sarah. "Philip Guston's Daughter and Other Critics Speak Out Against Four Museums' Decision to Postpone a Major Retrospective on the Artist." artnet News, September 25, 2020. Online, illus. in color
Allen, Brian T. "Philip Guston and the KKK: Museums Cower and Run for Cover." National Review, October 10, 2020. Online, illus. in color
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 46 p. 67
Bowen, Jared. 'Philip Guston Now' portrays art of controversial and confrontational painter. Washington D.C.: PBS News Hour, May 12, 2022. Video, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Allen, Brian T. "Philip Guston Now, Delayed by Race Hysteria, Finally Gets Its Day." National Review, October 1, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
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.
Ocula. "Philip Guston's Major Retrospective Opens in Washington D.C." March 2, 2023. Online, illus. in color
Wilkin, Karen. "Philip Guston in Boston, Houston, and Washington." Hudson Review, Spring 2023. Online, illus. in color
Bui, Phong. "Philip Guston Now—A Personal Meditation." Brooklyn Rail, May 2023. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Bui, Phong. "Philip Guston Now—A Personal Meditation." Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2023, pp. 48-49, mentioned in text p. 49, not illus.
Westall, Mark. "Tate Modern to present a landmark exhibition of Philip Guston this October." FAD Magazine, August 22, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
London Visitors. "Philip Guston at Tate Modern from 5 October 2023 to 25 February 2024." Blog. September 1, 2023. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Chow, Vivienne. "15 Must-See Shows This Fall in Europe, From a Major Survey of Marina Abramović to a Face Off Between Edvard Munch and Goya: Philip Guston" artnet News, September 14, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Searle, Adrian. "'What would it be like to be evil?' Controversial Philip Guston show ridicules the virus-like KKK." Guardian, October 3, 2023. Online, illus. in color
Kent, Sarah. "Philip Guston, Tate Modern review - a compelling look at an artist who derided the KKK: How to appear daft while addressing the dark side." Arts Desk, October 5, 2023. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Wullschläger, Jackie. "Philip Guston, Tate Modern review — violent, unsettling and thrilling from start to finish." Financial Times, October 5, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Luzi, Irene. "Philip Guston alla Tate Modern, con più di 100 opere. Le immagini della mostra." ArtsLife (Milan), October 5, 2023. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Wullschläger, Jackie. "Violent and unsettling." FT Weekend (London), October 7-8, 2023, section Arts, pp. 14-15., mentioned in text p. 15, not illus.
Prodger, Michael. "Philip Guston's American monsters." New Statesman (London), October 8, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Carolin, Clare. "Philip Guston: controversial delayed Tate show asks 'what would it be like to be evil?'" The Conversation, October 10, 2023. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Charlesworth, J.J. "Philip Guston and the Politics of Painted Images." ArtReview (London), October 13, 2023. Online, illus. in color
Lloyd, Joe. "Philip Guston: This straight-laced, work-focused retrospective affirms Philip Guston's place as one of the 20th century's finest painters." Studio International, October 19, 2023. Online, illus. in color
Cohen, Alexander. "The Jewish artist who perfectly captured the turbulent world he was witnessing." Jewish Chronicle, October 19, 2023. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text
Judah, Hettie. "Philip Guston, Tate Modern, review: Outstanding paintings of crisis, violence and injustice." i (London), October 21, 2023. Online, illus. in color
Nelson, Saul. "Insomniac Visions." Sidecar (NLR blog), November 24, 2023. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Darwent, Charles. "Perpetual motion: The many incarnations of Philip Guston." Times Literary Supplement (London), November 24, 2023, p. 14, mentioned in text, not illus.
Lawson-Tancred, Jo, "A Long-Delayed Retrospective of Philip Guston's Acerbic Paintings Finally Opens in London." artnet News, January 3, 2024. Online, illus. in color
Kellaway, Dave. "Philip Guston (1913-1980) Bearing Witness to Brutality and Injustice." Anti-Capitalist Resistance, February 3, 2024. Online, illus. in color
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Title
Passage
Date
1957–1958
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
65 × 74¼ in. (165.1 × 188.6 cm)
Inscription
Signed front lower center: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "PASSAGE" [underlined] 1957/ [size obscured]
Catalogue Number
P58.001
Provenance
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Bequest of Caroline Wiess Law
Caroline Wiess Law
Mrs. Dolly Bright Carter
Phyllis B. Lambert, New York
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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