Catalogue Raisonné

P71.079

Ancient Rock Ostia (Roma), 1971
Oil on paper mounted on panel
20 x 28¼ in.
50.8 x 71.8 cm
Signed, dated and inscribed front lower right: Philip Guston '71 ROMA; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON (underlined)/ "ANCIENT ROCK, OSTIA" '20 x 28 (underlined)/ OIL ON PAPER - MOUNTED ON BOARD (underlined)
Provenance
Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois
Auction: Sotheby's, New York, Contemporary Art Day Auction, November 18, 2016, Lot 115
Courtesy of the Kasle Family, Detroit, Mich.
Private Collection
Exhibitions
Museo Carlo Bilotti, Roma, Italy, "Philip Guston: Roma", May 25, 2010 - September 05, 2010  Travelled to:
Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles, CA, "Resilience: Philip Guston in 1971", September 14, 2019 - January 05, 2020 
Bibliography
Vallora, Marco. "Al Museo Bilotti un protagonista del dopoguerra." La Stampa (Turin), August 8, 2010, illus. in color
Miller, Peter Benson, ed. Philip Guston Roma. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2010, cat. no. 31, illus. in color p. 189, and illus. in color p. 73, Fig. 38 and mentioned in text pp. 71-72 (Peter Benson Miller essay)
Philip Guston, Roma. Washington D.C.: The Phillips Collection, February 24, 2011. Video, illus. in color and in detail
Lindquist, Greg. "Piero and Pastrami: Guston in Rome." Artcritical, April 18, 2011. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Mayer, Musa. Resilience: Philip Guston in 1971. Exh. cat. Zurich: Hauser & Wirth Publishers, 2019, illus. in color p. 53