Catalogue Raisonné

P72.040

Ominous Land, 1972
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
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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.
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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
Geldzahler, Henry. American Accents Américains. Exh. cat. [Toronto]: Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd., [1983], illus. in color (no page #)
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Tousley, Nancy. "American Accents exhibit offers much to see." Calgary Herald, October 6, 1984, p. H10, mentioned in text, not illus.
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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.
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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.