Catalogue Raisonné
P75.042
Oil on canvas
67½ x 96¾ in.
171.4 x 245.8 cm
Signed front lower left: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "YELLOW LIGHT" [underlined]/ 1975/ OIL - 67 1/2" X 96 3/4"
- Provenance
- Promised gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Exhibitions
- Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, "American Figure Painting 1950 - 1980", October 17, 1980 - November 30, 1980
- Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston 1975-1980: Private and Public Battles", September 17, 1994 - October 30, 1994
- Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "Philip Guston: Gemälde 1947 - 1979", September 02, 1999 - November 01, 1999 Travelled to:
- Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "Die Sammlung: Color and Content", December 15, 2010 - January 01, 2011
- Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, "Philip Guston - das große Spätwerk", November 06, 2013 - February 02, 2014 Travelled to:
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston Now", May 01, 2022 - September 11, 2022 Travelled to:
- Bibliography
- American Figure Painting 1950 - 1980. Exh. cat. Norfolk: Chrysler Museum of Art, 1980, illus. in b&w p. 30 and mentioned in text p. 9
- Storr, Robert. Philip Guston. New York: Abbeville Modern Masters, 1986, illus. in color no. 57 p. 58
- Ablow, Joseph. "Ordered Terror: The Art of Philip Guston." Bostonia Magazine, Fall 1994, pp. 21–26, illus. in color p. 25
- McQuaid, Cate. "Battleground: How Philip Guston Fought the War to Create Art." Boston Phoenix, September 23, 1994, section Arts & Entertainment, p. 11, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Stapen, Nancy. "Painting as Salvation: Philip Guston Exhibit at Boston University Offers Profound Rewards." Boston Sunday Globe, October 2, 1994, section ArtsEtc., pp. B1, B6, mentioned in text p. B6, not illus.
- Sichel, Kim, and Mary Drach McInnes. Philip Guston 1975–1980: Private and Public Battles. Exh. cat. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994, Plate 1, illus. in color p. 43
- Haase, Amine. "Die Gewalt der lesbaren Bilder: Spektakulär Deutschland-Premiere des amerikanischen Malers Philip Guston." Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (Cologne), September 2, 1999, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Schreier, Christoph, Michael Auping, and Martin Hentschel. Philip Guston: Gemalde 1947–1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 1999, unnumbered catalog, illus. in color p. 107
- Ottinger, Didier, and Philip Roth. Philip Guston: Peintures 1947–1979. Exh. cat. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 2000, illus. in color p. 70
- Philip Guston Peintures 1947-1979. Exh. brochure. Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2000, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Philip Guston Tableaux / Paintings 1947 - 1979. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000, illus. in color p. 107 and mentioned in text p. 56
- Ringler Jr., Kenneth J., Glenn D. Lowry, and Dennis R. Anderson. The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Art Collection and Plaza Memorials. New York: Rizzoli International, 2002, fig. 3, illus. in color p. 77, mentioned in text p. 77
- Bookbinder, Judith. Boston Modern: Figurative Expressions as Alternative Modernism. Durham: University of New Hampshire Press, 2005, mentioned in text pp. 256-257, not illus.
- (n d ks). "Philip Guston Late Works at Schirn Kunsthalle." November 2013. Online, illus. in color as part of installation photo
- Pfeiffer, Ingrid, and Max Hollein, eds. Philip Guston Das Grosse Spatwerk/Late Works. Exh. cat. Cologne: Strzeleckibooks, 2013, illus. in color pp. 46-47 and detail opposite title page and mentioned in text p. 18 (English)/19 (German)
- Baker, E. "Frankfurt—Philip Guston: 'Late Works' at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt through February 2nd 2014." AO Art Observed, January 18, 2014. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Belhomme, Guillaume. Une minute, une seule. Les editions derriere la salle de bains, re-editioned 2019, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 190 illus. in color p. 182 and mentioned in text p. 197
- Cooper, Harry, Mark Godfrey, Alison de Lima Greene, and Kate Nesin. Philip Guston Now. Exh. cat. Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2020, illus. in color Plate 149 p. 145 and mentioned in text p. 200
- Mayerson, Louise. "Giving visitors an easy out is a disturbing move by the MFA." Boston Globe, section Letters, May 8, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Glasser, Joyce. "A 'trauma specialist'? Museum is patronizing its audience." Boston Globe, section Letters, May 8, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Vaughan, Donald. "Critic's take on the exhibit is an artful introduction." Boston Globe, section Letters, May 8, 2022. Online, illus. in color
- Bowen, Jared. 'Philip Guston Now' portrays art of controversial and confrontational painter. Washington D.C.: PBS News Hour, May 12, 2022. Video, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Fielder, Garland. "Review: 'Philip Guston Now' at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston." Glasstire (Texas), December 6, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Chow, Vivienne. "The Met Now Boasts the World's Largest Collection of Philip Guston's Work, Thanks to a 220-Piece Gift by the Artist's Daughter." artnet News, December 15, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Philip Guston. Lyon: FAGE éditions, 2022, illus. in color pp. 52-53
- Haidu, Rachel. "Shapes, Wholes, History." October 185 (2023): pp. 99-117, illus. in b&w p. 108 as "Yellow Light" and mentioned in text p. 103 as "Yellow Sea"
