Review

1948-1949

Philip Guston

Painter, American, born Canada, 1913 - 1980

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Musa Guston

  • Dimensions

    overall: 100.3 x 149.9 cm (39 1/2 x 59 in.)
    framed: 103.2 x 152.1 cm (40 5/8 x 59 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1992.86.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Studio of the artist [1913-1980]; by inheritance to his wife, Musa Guston; her estate; gift 1992 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

-1

  • Philip Guston: 50 Years of Painting, The St. Louis Art Museum, year unknown, no. 8. (Information from label on back of painting)

1997

  • Philip Guston: Working Through the Forties, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City; Greenville County Museum of Art, South Carolina; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum of Art, Utica, New York, 1997-1998, no. 14, repro.

1999

  • Philip Guston, peintures 1947-1979, Kunstmuseum Bonn; Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart,; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1999-2000, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2009

  • In the Tower: Philip Guston, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2009-2010, no cat.

Bibliography

1960

  • Ashton, Dore. Philip Guston. New York, 1960: 33, repro.

1986

  • Storr, Robert. Philip Guston. New York, 1986: 21, no. 17, color repro.

Inscriptions

lower left: Philip Guston; across top reverse: PHILIP GUSTON "REVIEW" 1948-1949 / "40 x 59" N.F.S; under artist's name reverse, two crossed-out lines now difficult to read, but probably a New York City address

Wikidata ID

Q20194194

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