Catalogue Raisonné
P55.002
Oil on canvas
71⅞ x 60 in.
182.6 x 152.4 cm
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston
- Provenance
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum Purchase, Contemporary Art Council Fund M.63.36
- Mrs. Leo Castelli, New York
- Exhibitions
- Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY, "Recent Paintings Philip Guston", February 06, 1956 - March 03, 1956
- The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "12 Americans", May 29, 1956 - September 09, 1956
- Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, "IV Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna, de São Paulo", September 22, 1957 - December 31, 1957
- Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland, "Die Neue Amerikanische Malerei", April 19, 1958 - May 26, 1958 Travelled to:
- Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, "V Bienal, Estados Unidos, 1959", September 21, 1959 - December 31, 1959
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, "60 American Painters: 1960, Abstract Expressionist Painting of the Sixties", April 03, 1960 - May 08, 1960
- Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, "15 of New York", October 10, 1960 - November 15, 1960
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, "American Painting in Our Time", December 09, 1960 - January 15, 1961
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", May 03, 1962 - July 01, 1962 Travelled to:
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, "New York School The First Generation Paintings of the 1940s and 1950s", June 18, 1965 - August 01, 1965
- San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA, "Colorists 1950-1965", October 15, 1965 - November 21, 1965
- The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, "Fifty Years of Modern Art 1916-1966", June 14, 1966 - July 31, 1966
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, "Ten Years of Contemporary Art Council Acquisitions", December 19, 1972 - March 04, 1973
- National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. , "Art from the Vice President's House", [Unknown Date] 1981 - May 5, 1981
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, "Selections from the Permanent Collection - 20th Century", February 07, 1985 - March 10, 1985
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, "Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura", March 01, 1989 - May 08, 1989 Travelled to:
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, "Gestures: Postwar American and European Abstraction from the Permanent Collection", October 10, 1999 - January 02, 2000
- Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, "Philip Guston Peintures 1947 - 1979", September 13, 2000 - December 04, 2000
- Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, "Philip Guston Retrospective", March 30, 2003 - June 08, 2003 Travelled to:
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, "Los Angeles to New York: Dwan Gallery, 1959-1971", March 19, 2017 - September 10, 2017
- Bibliography
- B[utler], B[arbara]. "In the Galleries." Arts, February 1956, p. 53, mentioned in text, not illus.
- C[hamberlain], B[etty]. "Reviews and Previews: Philip Guston." ARTnews, February 1956, p. 47, illus. in b&w
- Ashton, Dore. "Art: The Age of Lyricism" Arts & Architecture, March 1956, pp. 14–15, 43–44, mentioned in text p. 43, not illus.
- Steinberg, Leo. "Month in Review: Fritz Glarner and Philip Guston among 'Twelve Americans' at the Museum of Modern Art." Arts, June 1956, pp. 42–45, mentioned in text p. 44, not illus.
- Miller, Dorothy C., ed. 12 Americans. Exh. cat. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1956, unnumbered catalog, illus. in b&w p. 40, shown as "The Room"
- IV Bienal do museu de arte moderna. Exh. cat. São Paulo: Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, 1957, Estados Unidos cat. no. 9, not illus.
- Knox, Sanka. "New World Prepares to Show Its Cultural Achievements to Old World: Abstract Art Is Going to Europe to Represent American Culture." The New York Times, March 11, 1958, p. 31, illus. in b&w as part of photo of artwork being discussed for crating
- The New American Painting La Nueva Pintura Americana. Exh. cat. Madrid: The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1958, cat. no. 28, not illus.
- The New American Painting Die neue amerikanische Malerei. Exh. cat. Basel: The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1958, cat. no. 27, not illus.
- The New American Painting La Nuova Pittura Americana. Exh. cat. Milan: The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1958, cat. no. 28, not illus.
- Jong Amerika Schildert. Exh. cat. Amsterdam: The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1958, cat. no. 28, not illus.
- The New American Painting La Nouvelle Peinture Americaine. Exh. cat. Brussels: The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1958, cat. no. 28, not. illus.
- Melville, Robert. "London." Arts, April 1959, pp. 18-19, illus. in b&w p. 18
- Vogue (US). "8 New York Painters." October 15, 1959, pp. 90–91, illus. in b&w no. 7 p. 90 (unpaginated)
- Jackson Pollock et La Nouvelle Peinture Americaine. Exh. cat. Paris: The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1959, cat. no. 27, not illus.
- A V Bienal, Estados Unidos, 1959. Exh. cat. Minneapolis: Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, 1959, cat. no. 7, not illus., shown as "The Room", Collection Mrs. Leo Castelli, New York, NY
- The New American Painting. Exh. cat. London: The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1959, cat. no. 27, not illus.
- The New American Painting: As Shown in Eight European Countries 1958–1959. Exh. cat. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1959, cat. no. 27, not illus.
- 60 American Painters 1960: Abstract Expressionist Painting of the Fifties. Exh. cat. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1960, cat. no. 26, illus in b&w p. 26, listed as being from 1955
- Ashton, Dore. Philip Guston. New York: Grove, 1960, illus. in b&w p. 37 (unpaginated) and mentioned in text p. 50
- Kessler, Charles S. "Santa Barbara: West Coast Confronts New York School," February 1961, p. 15, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Alloway, Lawrence. "Book Reviews: Ashton on Guston." Arts Review, July 23–August 12, 1961, pp. 17, 20, mentioned in text p. 17, not illus.
- Hunter, Sam, "Philip Guston," Art International, May 1962, pp. 62–67, illus. in color p. 65
- Kozloff, Max. "Art." Nation, May 19, 1962, pp. 453–55, mentioned in text, not illus., listed as "The Room"
- Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1962, cat. no. 26, illus. in color p. 63, Lent by Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles
- Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1962, illus. in color (no page #)
- Time. "A Splendor of Springtime Shows." May 10, 1963, pp. 59–70, illus. in color p. 66 (unpaginated), listed as "Room I" and from 1955
- Nordland, Gerald. "Review at Mid-Life." Frontier, July 1963, pp. 23–25, mentioned in footnote p. 23 and in text p. 25, not illus.
- Tuchman, Maurice. New York School, The First Generation: Paintings of the 1940s and 1950s. Paperback ed. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society Art Library, 1965, cat. no. 46, illus. in b&w p. 80
- Hopkins, Henry T., ed. Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Illustrated Handbook. Berlin: Bruder Hartmann, 1965, illus. in color p. 105 and mentioned in text pp. 83 and 104
- Colorists 1950–1965. Exh. cat. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1965, unnumbered catalog, illus. in color (no page #)
- Tuchman, Maurice. New York School, The First Generation: Paintings of the 1940s and 1950s. Exh. cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1965, cat. no. 41, illus. in b&w p. 106
- Marin, John, Larry Curry, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. John Marin: 1870–1953, A Centennial Exhibition Organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Exh. cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1970, illus. in b&w p. 18
- Moritz, Charles, ed. Current Biography, February 1971, pp. 10-13, mentioned in text p. 12, not illus.
- Tuchman, Maurice, ed. New York School: The First Generation. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1971, illus. in b&w no. 46, p. 80
- Steinberg, Leo. Other Criteria: Confrontations with Twentieth-Century Art. New York: Oxford University, 1972, mentioned in text p. 285, not illus.
- Ten Years of Contemporary Art Council Acquisitions, Inaugurating The New Contemporary Art Galleries. Exh. cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1972, illus. in b&w p. 14
- Wilmerding, John, ed. The Genius of American Painting. New York: William Morrow, 1973, illus. in b&w p. 301
- O'Hara, Frank. "Growth and Guston." In Art Chronicles 1954–1966. New York: George Braziller, 1975, pp. 134-141, mentioned in text p. 137, not illus.
- Sandler, Irving. The Triumph of American Painting: A History of Abstract Expressionism. New York: Harper & Row, Icon Editions, 1976, illus. in b&w fig. 19-33 and mentioned in text p. 265
- Ashton, Dore. Yes, but... A Critical Study of Philip Guston. New York: Viking, 1976, illus. in b&w p. 108
- Works on Paper 1900–1960 from Southern California Collections. Exh. cat. Claremont: Montgomery Art Gallery, Pomona College, 1977, illus. in b&w fig. 6 p. 40
- Rodriguez, Aleida, ed. The Michael and Dorothy Blankfort Collection. Exh. cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1982, mentioned in text p. 43, not illus.
- Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston by His Daughter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988, illus. in color no. 47 (following p. 146)
- 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. 12, illus. in color p. 43, listed as "The Room"
- Ross, Clifford. Abstract Expressionism: Creators and Critics. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1990, illus. in color p. 21
- Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston by His Daughter. 1988. Reprint, New York: Penguin, 1990, illus. in color no. 47 (following p. 146)
- Ashton, Dore. A Critical Study of Philip Guston. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990, illus. in b&w p. 108
- Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, London: Thames and Hudson, 1991, illus. in b&w no. 47 (following p. 146)
- Picasso, Guston, Miro, de Kooning: In vollkommener Freiheit. Exh. cat. Bremen: Neues Museum Weserberg Bremen, 1996, mentioned in text p. 96, not illus.
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Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. Reprint, Boston: Da Capo Press, 1997.
, illus. in b&w no. 47 (following p. 146) - Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 39, unpaginated (but would be p. 138), listed as "The Room" and mentioned in text p. 45
- Botelho, Manuel. Guston em contexto: até ao regresso da figura. Lisbon: Livros Vendaval, 2007, mentioned in text p. 99, not illus.
- The Broad Contemporary Art Museum at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2008, illus. in color p. 104
- Coolidge, Clark, ed. Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011, mentioned in text p. 217, not illus.
- Miller, Peter Benson, ed. Go Figure! New Perspectives on Guston. New York: American Academy in Rome; New York Review of Books, 2014, mentioned in text p. 123, not illus.
- Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Munich: Sieveking Verlag; Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2016, illus. no. 44, illus. in color p. 93
- Dwan Gallery: Los Angeles to New York, 1959–1971. Exh. cat. Washington D.C.; London: National Gallery of Art; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016, cat. no. 6, illus. in color p. 106 and mentioned in text pp. 32-33, 292, 296, and 369
- Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: Un ritratto intimo di Philip Guston. Monza: Johan & Levi, 2017, illus. in color fig. 18 (following p. 160)
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Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Auction. New York: Sotheby's. Auction cat., November 16, 2017.
, illus. in color p. 109 and mentioned in text p. 106 - Woodstock Artists Association: One Hundred Years of Community and Art. Woodstock: Woodstock Artists Association, 2019, illus. in color Fig. 57 p. 111
- Thomas, Elly. Play and the Artist's Creative Process. New York: Routledge, 2019, mentioned in text p. 71, not illus.
- Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in b&w p. 298 as a part of 2 photos of Guston
- Hull, Roger. Alden Mason: Paintings. Exh. cat. Seattle: Alden Mason Charitable Foundation for the Arts, 2021, Fig. 2.10 illus. in color p. 97
- Lang, Karen. "Philip Guston: Painting as Ruin." In Thinking Through Ruins: Genealogies, Functions, and Interpretations. Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos Berlin, 2022, illus. in color Fig. 7 p. 354 and mentioned in text pp. 353-355
- Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2023, illus. no. 44, illus. in color p. 93
