Philip Guston
Catalogue Raisonné

Title
Looking
Date
1964
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
67⅜ x 80 in.171.1 x 203.2 cm
Inscription
Unsigned, undated
Catalogue No.
P64.005
Provenance
Private Collection
Private Collection
Exhibitions
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston, Recent Paintings and Drawings", January 12, 1966 - February 13, 1966
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, "Two Decades of American Painting", October 15, 1966 - November 27, 1966
Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, MI, "Philip Guston, Paintings and Drawings", October 04, 1969 - October 30, 1969
David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston 1961-1965", November 1990
McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Abstract + Figurative", November 04, 2005 - December 17, 2005
BA-CA Kunstforum, Wien, Austria, "Monet, Kandinsky, Rothko und die Folgen. Wege der abstrakten Malerei" (Monet, Kandinsky, Rothko and Their Inheritance: Paths of Abstract Painting), February 28, 2008 - June 29, 2008
Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Painter", April 26, 2016 - July 30, 2016
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, "Two Decades of American Painting", October 15, 1966 - November 27, 1966
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, "Two Decades of American Painting", December 10, 1966 - January 22, 1967
Lalit Kala Gallery, New Delhi, India, "Two Decades of American Painting", March 28, 1967 - April 16, 1967
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, "Two Decades of American Painting", June 06, 1967 - July 09, 1967
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, "Two Decades of American Painting", July 17, 1967 - August 13, 1967
Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, MI, "Philip Guston, Paintings and Drawings", October 04, 1969 - October 30, 1969
David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston 1961-1965", November 1990
McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Abstract + Figurative", November 04, 2005 - December 17, 2005
BA-CA Kunstforum, Wien, Austria, "Monet, Kandinsky, Rothko und die Folgen. Wege der abstrakten Malerei" (Monet, Kandinsky, Rothko and Their Inheritance: Paths of Abstract Painting), February 28, 2008 - June 29, 2008
Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Painter", April 26, 2016 - July 30, 2016
Bibliography
Berkson, William. "Dialogue with Philip Guston 11/1/64." Art and Literature, an International Review, Winter 1965, pp. 56–69, illus. p. 63 (unpaginated), listed as "The Painter"
Guston, Philip, Harold Rosenberg, and Jewish Museum. Philip Guston: Recent Paintings and Drawings. Introduction by Sam Hunter. Exh. cat. New York: Jewish Museum, 1965, cat. no. 19, illus. in b&w
Two Decades of American Painting. Exh. cat. Tokyo: National Museum of Modern Art, 1966, illus. in b&w p. 46
Two Decades of American Painting. Exh. cat. New York: International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1967, cat. no. 27, illus. in b&w
Ashton, Dore. Yes, but... A Critical Study of Philip Guston. New York: Viking, 1976, illus. in b&w p. 128
Sandler, Irving. The Triumph of American Painting: A History of Abstract Expressionism. New York: Harper & Row, Icon Editions, 1976, illus. in b&w p. 267 fig. 19-35 and mentioned in text p. 265
Smith, Roberta. "The New Gustons." Art in America, January–February 1978, pp. 100–5, mentioned in text p. 102, not illus.
Philip Guston: The Late Works. Exh. cat. Melbourne: The National Gallery of Victoria, 1984, mentioned in text p. 12, not illus.
Philip Guston 1961–1965. Exh. cat. New York: David McKee Gallery, 1990, cat. no. 6, illus. in color plate 6
Ashton, Dore. A Critical Study of Philip Guston. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990, illus. in b&w p. 128
Wilkin, Karen. "At the Galleries." Partisan Review 58, no. 1 (1991): pp. 140–148, illus. in b&w p. 140
Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, mentioned in text p. 39
Newton, Steven James. Painting, Psychoanalysis, and Spirituality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, illus. in b&w figure 24 p. 133 and mentioned in text p. 132
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, mentioned in text p. 49, not illus.
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. Hardcover ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, mentioned in text p. 49 (Michael Auping essay), not illus.
Monet Kandinsky Rothko Und Die Folgen: Wege der Abstrakten Malerei. Exh. cat. Berlin: BA-CA Kunstforum, 2008, illus. in color p. 117
Siegel, Katy. Abstract Expressionism. New York: Phaidon, 2011, illus. in color p. 185
Peasley, Aaron. "Defiant Strokes: Hauser & Wirth Hosts Philip Guston's Transitional Work." Wallpaper, April 29, 2016. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Micchelli, Thomas. "Flesh and Bones: Philip Guston's 'Thingness.'" Hyperallergic, April 30, 2016. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Smith, Roberta. "Abstract Expressionism's Restless Mutineer." The New York Times, May 13, 2016, section Weekend Arts II, p. C24, mentioned in text, not illus.
Saltz, Jerry. "How Philip Guston, America's Great Painter of the Night, Completely Reinvented the Sublime." Vulture, May 24, 2016. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Schwabsky, Barry. "The Chameleon Painter: Even in His Most Pared-Down Paintings, Philip Guston Was Digging for Something New." Nation, June 1, 2016. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Griffin, Nora. "Philip Guston: Burning the Midnight Oil." Brooklyn Rail, June 3, 2016, section Artseen. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: Painter 1957–1967. Exh. cat. New York: Hauser & Wirth, 2016, illus. in color p. 87
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 86 illus. in color p. 95 and mentioned in text p. 92
Villa, Angelica. "Frieze London Sees Sales of Big-Ticket Artworks, Including a $6 M. Kerry James Marshall Painting." ARTnews, October 14, 2022. Online., illus. in color
McCoole, Veena. "What Sold at Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2022." Artsy, October 17, 2022. Online, illus. in color
Haidu, Rachel. "Shapes, Wholes, History." October 185 (2023): pp. 99-117, mentioned in text p. 111, not illus.
Guston, Philip, Harold Rosenberg, and Jewish Museum. Philip Guston: Recent Paintings and Drawings. Introduction by Sam Hunter. Exh. cat. New York: Jewish Museum, 1965, cat. no. 19, illus. in b&w
Two Decades of American Painting. Exh. cat. Tokyo: National Museum of Modern Art, 1966, illus. in b&w p. 46
Two Decades of American Painting. Exh. cat. New York: International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1967, cat. no. 27, illus. in b&w
Ashton, Dore. Yes, but... A Critical Study of Philip Guston. New York: Viking, 1976, illus. in b&w p. 128
Sandler, Irving. The Triumph of American Painting: A History of Abstract Expressionism. New York: Harper & Row, Icon Editions, 1976, illus. in b&w p. 267 fig. 19-35 and mentioned in text p. 265
Smith, Roberta. "The New Gustons." Art in America, January–February 1978, pp. 100–5, mentioned in text p. 102, not illus.
Philip Guston: The Late Works. Exh. cat. Melbourne: The National Gallery of Victoria, 1984, mentioned in text p. 12, not illus.
Philip Guston 1961–1965. Exh. cat. New York: David McKee Gallery, 1990, cat. no. 6, illus. in color plate 6
Ashton, Dore. A Critical Study of Philip Guston. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990, illus. in b&w p. 128
Wilkin, Karen. "At the Galleries." Partisan Review 58, no. 1 (1991): pp. 140–148, illus. in b&w p. 140
Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, mentioned in text p. 39
Newton, Steven James. Painting, Psychoanalysis, and Spirituality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, illus. in b&w figure 24 p. 133 and mentioned in text p. 132
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, mentioned in text p. 49, not illus.
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. Hardcover ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, mentioned in text p. 49 (Michael Auping essay), not illus.
Monet Kandinsky Rothko Und Die Folgen: Wege der Abstrakten Malerei. Exh. cat. Berlin: BA-CA Kunstforum, 2008, illus. in color p. 117
Siegel, Katy. Abstract Expressionism. New York: Phaidon, 2011, illus. in color p. 185
Peasley, Aaron. "Defiant Strokes: Hauser & Wirth Hosts Philip Guston's Transitional Work." Wallpaper, April 29, 2016. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Micchelli, Thomas. "Flesh and Bones: Philip Guston's 'Thingness.'" Hyperallergic, April 30, 2016. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Smith, Roberta. "Abstract Expressionism's Restless Mutineer." The New York Times, May 13, 2016, section Weekend Arts II, p. C24, mentioned in text, not illus.
Saltz, Jerry. "How Philip Guston, America's Great Painter of the Night, Completely Reinvented the Sublime." Vulture, May 24, 2016. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Schwabsky, Barry. "The Chameleon Painter: Even in His Most Pared-Down Paintings, Philip Guston Was Digging for Something New." Nation, June 1, 2016. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Griffin, Nora. "Philip Guston: Burning the Midnight Oil." Brooklyn Rail, June 3, 2016, section Artseen. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston: Painter 1957–1967. Exh. cat. New York: Hauser & Wirth, 2016, illus. in color p. 87
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 86 illus. in color p. 95 and mentioned in text p. 92
Villa, Angelica. "Frieze London Sees Sales of Big-Ticket Artworks, Including a $6 M. Kerry James Marshall Painting." ARTnews, October 14, 2022. Online., illus. in color
McCoole, Veena. "What Sold at Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2022." Artsy, October 17, 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
Looking
Date
1964
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
67⅜ × 80 in. (171.1 × 203.2 cm)
Inscription
Unsigned, undated
Catalogue Number
P64.005
Provenance
Private Collection
Private Collection
Exhibitions
Bibliography
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