Catalogue Raisonné
P46.005
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 in.
101.6 x 76.2 cm
Signed front lower left: Philip Guston
- Provenance
- Whereabouts Unknown
- Private Collection
- Collection Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Monica, New York
- Exhibitions
- Midtown Gallery, New York, NY, "[Unknown Title]", September 1946
- Riverside Museum, New York, NY, "The Second Exhibition of the La Tausca Art Competition", January 24, 1947 - February 08, 1947 Travelled to:
- University Galleries, University of Nebraska, Morrill Hall, Lincoln, NE, "Nebraska Art Association 58th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art", February 29, 1948 - March 28, 1948
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, "New Paintings to Know and Buy", May 25, 1948 - July 11, 1948
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, "The One Hundred and Forty-Fifth Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture", January 22, 1950 - February 26, 1950
- University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, "Philip Guston", April 10, 1950 - May 12, 1950
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, "Society for Contemporary American Art 10th Annual Exhibition", May 16, 1950 - June 04, 1950
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", May 03, 1962 - July 01, 1962 Travelled to:
- Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, "Philip Guston, A Selective Retrospective Exhibition: 1945-1965", February 27, 1966 - March 27, 1966
- Bibliography
- Wolf, Ben. "At Their Best." Art Digest, October 1, 1946, p. 16, illus. in b&w, listed as "Composition"
- Janson, H. W.. Magazine of Art. "Philip Guston." February 1947, pp. 54–58, illus. in b&w p. 57
- New York World-Telegram. "Special Merit." June 28, 1947, mentioned in text, not illus.
- The Second Exhibition of the La Tausca Art Competition. Exh. cat. New York: Riverside Museum, 1947, cat. no. 46, not illus.
- Nebraska Art Association 58th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Exh. cat. Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1948, cat. no. 40, listed as "The Somersault"
- New Paintings to Know and Buy. Exh. cat. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1948, unnumbered catalog, not illus.
- Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Minneapolis: University Gallery, University of Minnesota, 1950, cat. no. 12, not illus., listed as "Somersault I"
- The One Hundred and Forty-Fifth Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture. Exh. cat. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1950, cat. no. 117, not illus., listed as "The Somersault," work on sale for $1,800
- Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1962, cat. no. 4, not illus., listed as "Somersault I" and from 1945
- Nordland, Gerald. "Review at Mid-Life." Frontier, July 1963, pp. 23–25, mentioned in text p. 24 as being from 1945, not illus.
- Driscoll, Jr., Edgar J. "The Art World: It's International Time at the Galleries." Boston Sunday Globe, March 6, 1966, p. A-21, illus. in b&w
- Philip Guston: A Selective Retrospective Exhibition: 1945–1965. Exh. brochure. Waltham: The Poses Institute of Fine Arts, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, 1966, cat. no. 1, listed as "Somersault I" and that work is from 1945
- Greene, Alison de Lima. "The Artist as Performer: Philip Guston's Early Work." Arts Magazine, November 1988, pp. 55–61, illus. in b&w p. 59 no. 10 and mentioned in text p. 59
- 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 Fig. 7 (Alison de Lima Greene essay) p. 188 and mentioned in text p. 188
