Catalogue Raisonné
P77.042
Oil on canvas
69 x 94 in.
175.3 x 238.8 cm
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "BACK VIEW" (underlined) 1977/69 x 94 (underlined)/ OIL ON CANVAS
- Provenance
- Collection SFMOMA, Gift of the artist
- Exhibitions
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, Philip Guston: New Works in San Francisco, December 21, 1978 - January 21, 1979
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", May 15, 1980 - June 29, 1980 Travelled to:
- XVI Bienal Internacional de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, "Philip Guston, Sus Ultimos Años", October 16, 1981 - December 20, 1981 Travelled to:
- Whitechapel Gallery, London, England, "Philip Guston: Paintings 1969 - 1980", October 13, 1982 - December 12, 1982 Travelled to:
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Seven Artists in Depth: The Creative Process", August 07, 1986 - October 05, 1986
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, "Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura", March 01, 1989 - May 08, 1989 Travelled to:
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "From Matisse to Diebenkorn: Selections from the Collection of Painting and Sculpture", January 18, 1995 - August 10, 1995
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Points of Departure II: Connecting with Contemporary Art", November 17, 2001 - June 09, 2002
- Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, "Philip Guston Retrospective", March 30, 2003 - June 08, 2003 Travelled to:
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Matisse and Beyond: The Painting and Sculpture Collection", May 12, 2003 - October 08, 2004
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Matisse and Beyond: The Painting and Sculpture Collection", September 30, 2009 - December 28, 2009
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Contemporary Painting, 1960 To The Present: Selections from the SFMOMA Collection", May 18, 2012 - August 12, 2012
- Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, France, "Icônes américaines—Chefs-d’œuvre du SFMOMA et de la collection Fisher" (American Icons: Masterworks from SFMOMA and the Fisher Collection), April 08, 2015 - June 22, 2015 Travelled to:
- Bibliography
- Bloomfield, Arthur. "Looking Gift Art in the Mouth." San Francisco Examiner, December 27, 1978, p. 25, illus. in b&w p. 25 as "Self-Portrait" and mentioned in text
- Stoffley-Santiago, Mary. "Philip Guston—A Thorough Preview." Artweek, January 13, 1979, pp. 1, 16, mentioned in text p. 1 as "Self-Portrait" and as "Self-Portrait: Coat II and Back View" p. 16, not illus.
- Williams, Paul. "The Art of Philip Guston." Danville (CA) Valley Pioneer, Wednesday, June 4, 1980, illus.
- Elliot, David. "Philip Guston: A Nagging Honesty." Sunday Sun-Times (Chicago), November 30, 1980, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: George Braziller, 1980, cat. no. 76, illus. in color plate 63 p. 106, described in text pp. 29-30
- Wolff, Theodore F. "An Artist Who Dared to Paint the Recognizable." Christian Science Monitor, July 31, 1981, illus.
- Wolff, Theodore F. "Retrospective Documents A Journey Through Styles." Palm Beach Post, August 22, 1981, p. B4, illus. in b&w
- Selz, Peter. Art in Our Times: A Pictorial History 1890–1980. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1981, illus. in color p. 536 plate no. 1530
- Philip Guston: Sus Ultimos Anos. Exh. cat. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1981, cat. no. 10, illus. in b&w p. 19
- XVI Bienal de Sao Paulo. Exh. cat. São Paulo: Pavilhão Engenheiro Armando Arruda Pereira, 1981, cat. no. 10, illus. in b&w p. 211
- News (Mexico City). "Curator Gives Lecture on Guston Works Today." March 2, 1982, illus. in color p. 16
- Nicholas Serota, ed. Philip Guston: Paintings 1969–1980. Exh. cat. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1982, cat. no. 21, illus. in color p. 34 (unpaginated), listed as "Back View"
- duPont, Diana, Katherine Church Holland, Garna Garren Muller, and Laura L. Sueoka. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: The Painting and Sculpture Collection. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1985, essay and illus. in color pp. 176-177, illus. in b&w p. 310
- Baker, Kenneth. "Seven for a Swan Song." San Francisco Chronicle Review, August 17, 1986, pp. 12-13, illus. in b&w p. 12
- Storr, Robert. Philip Guston. New York: Abbeville Modern Masters, 1986, illus. in color no. 55 p. 55 and mentioned in text p. 56
- Tikkun, [Article title unknown]. April/June 1987, illus. in color on cover
- Storr, Robert. "Philip Guston: Une Nouvelle Figuration." Art Press, October 1987, illus. p. 7
- Gallego, Julian. "El gusto de Guston." ABC (Madrid), March 2, 1989, mentioned in text as "Black view," not illus.
- Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura. Exh. cat. Essays by Mark Rosenthal, Robert Storr, Carrie Rickey, Francisco Calvo Serraller, and Dore Ashton. Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura, Dirección General de Bellas Artes y Archivos, Centro Nacional de Exposiciones, 1989, cat. no. 56, illus. in color p. 132
- Kovner, Abba. Scrolls of Testimony. Jerusalem: Bialik Institute, 1993, illus. in b&w p. 45
- Corbett, William. Philip Guston's Late Work: A Memoir. Boston: Zoland Books, 1994, mentioned in text p. 62, not illus.
- Museums, San Francisco. "Long Way Home." Summer 2003, illus. in color pg. 8
- Baker, Kenneth. "Philip Guston's Magnificent Conflicts Yielded Great Controversy. And Some Great Paintings as Well Says Kenneth Baker." San Francisco Chronicle, June 28, 2003, section DateBook, pp. D1, D10, illus. in color p. D1 and mentioned in text p. D10
- Auping, Michael. "Philip Guston Retrospective." American Art Review, July–August 2003, illus. in color
- Rainbird, Sean, ed.. Max Beckmann. Exh. cat. London: Tate Publishing, 2003, mentioned in text p. 42, not illus.
- Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 110, unpaginated
- Bucklow, Christopher. What Is in the Dwat: The Universe of Guston's Final Decade. Grasmere, England: Wordsworth Trust, 2007, Plate 37, illus. in color p. 187 and mentioned in text pp. 44 and 93
- Botelho, Manuel. Guston em contexto: até ao regresso da figura. Lisbon: Livros Vendaval, 2007, illus. in color p. 147
- McDowell, Tara. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: 75 Years of Looking Forward. Edited by Janet Bishop, Corey Keller, and Sarah Roberts. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2009, illus. in color plate 229 (unpaginated) and mentioned in text p. 176
- Miller, Peter Benson. "Rotten With Stories." Apollo (London), June 2013, mentioned in text
- Icônes américaines—Chefs-d'œuvre du SFMOMA et de la collection Fisher. Exh. cat. Paris: Editions de la Reunion des Musées Nationaux, 2015, cat. no. 19, illus. in color p. 72
- 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 163 p. 159 and mentioned in text pp. 194 and 203
- Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in color p. 207 and mentioned in text pp. 12 and 204
- Storr, Robert. Writings on Art: 1980-2005. London: HENI, 2020, mentioned in text p. 510, not illus.
- Fein, Richard J. Losing It. New York: Box Turtle Press/Attitude Art Inc., 2021, illus. in color on front cover and detail illus. in color on back cover
- Dohoney, Ryan. Morton Feldman: Friendship and Mourning in the New York Avant-Garde. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, illus. in b&w Fig. 4.6 p. 166 and mentioned in text p. 169
- Brooklyn Rail. "Reflections on Philip Guston Now." June 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Brooklyn Rail. "Reflections on Philip Guston Now." June 2023, pp. 30-31, mentioned in text, not illus.
