Strickland, Edward. "BU Show Exhibits Blacks as Artists and Subjects." Bay State Banner (Dorchester, MA), November 10, 1983, pp. 19, 24.
Gambrell, Jamey. "An Art of Protest and Despair." Art in America, December 1983, pp. 92–99.
Ammann, Jean-Christophe. "De L'Oeuvre Tardive de Philip Guston." Artistes, 1983, pp. 83–85.
Cathcart, Linda. American Still Life 1945–1983. Exh. cat. Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum, 1983.
Messinger, Lisa M. "Twentieth Century Art." In Notable Acquisitions 1983-1984. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984.
XIX and XX Century Master Paintings. Exh. cat. New York: Acquavella Galleries, 1983.
Cone, Michele. "Philip Guston: David McKee." 1983.
Social Concern and Urban Realism: American Paintings of the 1930s. Exh. cat. American Federation of the Arts, 1983.
Philip Guston. Schilderijen 1969–1980. Exh. cat. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1983.
Philip Guston. 3. Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1983
The Artist's Studio in American Painting: 1840 - 1983. Exh. cat. Allentown: Allentown Art Museum, 1983.
The First Show: Painting and Sculpture from Eight Collections 1940-1980. Exh. cat. Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1983.
Geldzahler, Henry. American Accents Américains. Exh. cat. [Toronto]: Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd., [1983].
Two Hundred Years of American Painting from Private Chicago Collections. Exh. cat. Evanston: Terra Museum of American Art, 1983.
Kertess, Klaus. Essay in The Pacesetter Corporation's Collection of Contemporary Art, vol. 1. Omaha: Privately published, 1983–86.
The Painterly Figure. Exh. cat. Southampton: Parrish Art Museum, 1983.