Catalogue Raisonné
P72.040
Oil on canvas
72 x 81 in.
182.9 x 205.7 cm
Signed front lower left: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "OMINOUS LAND" [underlined]/ 1972/ OIL - 72 x 81
- Provenance
- Collection Unknown
- Auction: Sotheby's, New York, Contemporary Evening Auction, November 18, 2021, Lot 105
- Gabriele and Robert Lee
- Exhibitions
- Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston: New Paintings", March 15, 1974 - April 14, 1974
- David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", November 15, 1974 - December 18, 1974
- Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY, "The Kennedy Galleries are Host to the Hundredth Anniversary Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by 100 Artists Associated with the Art Students League of New York", March 06, 1975 - March 29, 1975
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", May 15, 1980 - June 29, 1980 Travelled to:
- Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, "American Accents", June 06, 1983 - August 07, 1983 Travelled to:
- Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, "Courtesy David McKee", July 08, 1986 - August 16, 1986
- Bibliography
- Baker, Kenneth. "Art: Guston's Bleeding French Fries." Boston Phoenix, April 2, 1974, section 2, p. 13, illus. in b&w p. 13
- Levin, Sondra. "Guston Works Displayed in SFAA; Visions of Forms, Tales of Feelings." Daily Free Press (Boston, MA), April 9, 1974, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Touster, Irwin. "Touster's Review: Philip Guston." Woodstock Times, December 5, 1974, section Art, Crafts, & Antiques, pp. 20–21, mentioned in text p. 21, not illus.
- Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: David McKee Gallery, 1974, cat. no. 2, illus. in b&w p. 7
- Philip Guston New Paintings. Exh. cat. Boston: Boston University, 1974, cat. no. 10, illus. in b&w unnumbered page
- Smith, Roberta. "Reviews." Artforum, February 1975, pp. 65-66, illus. in b&w p. 65
- Coolidge, Clark. "Clark Coolidge Class 1." Naropa Institute Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Boulder, July 1, 1980, Audio recording, mentioned and read poem inspired by it
- Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: George Braziller, 1980, cat. no. 56, illus. in b&w plate 45 p. 87
- King, Mary. "The Guston Retrospective: A 'Grim Mirror to Our Time.'" St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 1, 1981, section Music, the Arts, p. 5G, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Ashton, Dore. "Philip Guston: Different Subjects." Flash Art, December 1981–January 1982, pp. 20–25, illus. in b&w p. 23
- Kritzwiser, Kay. "Making artistic statements in an American accent." [publication unknown], 1983, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Geldzahler, Henry. American Accents Américains. Exh. cat. [Toronto]: Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd., [1983], illus. in color (no page #)
- Greenwood, Michael. "Exhibitions: American Accents." MUSE (Canadian Museum Association), Winter/January 1984, pp. 40-42, illus. p. 41
- Miro, Marsha. "21 American Artists Export Their Variety." Detroit Free Press, March 18, 1984, illus. in b&w and mentioned in text
- Tousley, Nancy. "American Accents exhibit offers much to see." Calgary Herald, October 6, 1984, p. H10, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Ashton, Dore. "That Is Not What I Meant at All: Why Philip Guston Is Not Postmodern." Arts Magazine, November 1988, pp. 67–71, illus. in color and mentioned in text p. 69
- "Portfolio and Documents: Philip Guston." TO: A Journal of Poetry, Prose & the Visual Arts 2, no. 3–4 (1994): pp. 159–206, illus. in b&w p. 170
- Corbett, William. Philip Guston's Late Work: A Memoir. Boston: Zoland Books, 1994, mentioned in text p. 63, not illus.
- Feld, Ross. Erinnerungen an Philip Guston Mit dem Briefwechsel zwischen Feld und Guston. Kippenheim-Schmieheim: Verlag Kurt Liebig, 2003, illus. in color p. 43
- Feld, Ross. Guston in Time: Remembering Philip Guston. New York: Counterpoint, 2003, mentioned in text p. 41, not illus.
- Coolidge, Clark, ed. Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011, mentioned in text p. 226, not illus.
- Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in color pp. 324 and 325 as part of installation photos
- Schultz, Abby. " Sotheby's Creates New Sales Categories for Marquee Auctions. Penta (New York), October 5, 2021. Online., illus. in color and mentioned in text
- Holmes, Helen. "Philip Guston's 'Ominous Land' Is a Standout in Upcoming Sotheby's Auction." Observer (New York), October 5, 2021. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
- Coolidge, Clark. 16 Poems for Philip Guston. with an afterword by Rachael Guynn Wilson. Portland: Container Corps, 2021, illus. in color opposite p. 10
- Harris, Gareth. "Philip Guston's painting could make $30m, potentially breaking the artist's auction record." Art Newspaper, April 4, 2022. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
- Feld, Ross. Guston In Time: Remembering Philip Guston. New York: Counterpoint, 2003. Reprint, New York: New York Review of Books, 2022, mentioned in text p. 37, not illus.
