Catalogue Raisonné
P55.005
Oil on canvas
68 x 58¼ in.
172.7 x 148.0 cm
Signed front lower left: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/"THE VISIT" 1955/58 1/4" x 68
- Provenance
- Private Collection
- Private Collection
- Auction: Sotheby's New York, Contemporary Art Evening Auction, Thursday, November 16, 2017, Lot 39
- Private Collection
- Collection Mrs. Meyer Kestnbaum, Chicago
- 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
- Tanager Gallery, New York, NY, "Painters Sculptors on 10th Street: Exhibition of Artists Working on 10th Street", December 21, 1956 - January 24, 1957
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, "63rd American Exhibition, Paintings, Sculpture", December 02, 1959 - January 31, 1960
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", May 03, 1962 - July 01, 1962 Travelled to:
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, "27th Annual Exhibition by The Society for Contemporary American Art", April 11, 1967 - May 21, 1967
- David and Alfred Smart Gallery, Chicago, IL, "Abstract Expressionism: A Tribute to Harold Rosenberg", October 11, 1979 - November 25, 1979
- Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL, "Under Development: Dreaming the MCA’s Collection", April 30, 1994 - August 28, 1994
- Bibliography
- Ashton, Dore. "Art: The Age of Lyricism" Arts & Architecture, March 1956, pp. 14–15, 43–44, mentioned in text p. 43, not illus.
- D. A. "Art: Visit to 10th Street: Painters and Sculptors Living or Working Downtown Show at Tanager Gallery." The New York Times, December 28, 1956, mentioned in text, 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. 43
- 63rd American Exhibition: Paintings and Sculpture. Exh. cat. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1959, cat. no. 47, 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.
- Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1962, cat. no. 29, not illus., Collection Mrs. Meyer Kestnbaum, Chicago
- Lambert, Helen. "Guston Show Heads London Gallery List." New York Herald Tribune (Paris), January 16, 1963, p. 5, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Berkson, William. "Dialogue with Philip Guston 11/1/64." Art and Literature, an International Review, Winter 1965, pp. 56–69, illus. p. 61
- Abstract Expressionism: A Tribute to Harold Rosenberg Paintings and Drawings from Chicago Collections. Exh. cat. Chicago: The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, the University of Chicago, 1979, cat. no. 17, plate 5 illus. in b&w p. 29
- Under Development: Dreaming the MCA's Collection. Exh. cat. Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1994, cat. no. 70, illus. p. 17
- Freeman, Nate. "Sotheby's Totals $310.2 M. at Postwar and Contemporary Sale, Bacon Triptych Sells for $36.8 M." ARTnews, November 16, 2017. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
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Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Auction. New York: Sotheby's. Auction cat., November 16, 2017.
, illus. in color p. 107 and detail illus. in color on inside front cover flap and p. 111 and mentioned in text pp. 106-110 - Freeman, Nate. "At Art Basel Opening, a Pair of $14 Million Joan Mitchell Sales Shows Surge in Market for Women Artists." Artsy, June 12, 2018. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
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Goldstein, Caroline. "Price Check! Here's What Sold—and for How Much—at Art Basel 2018."
artnet News, June 18, 2018. Online, mentioned in text, not illus. - Hauser & Wirth at Art Basel 2018. Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2018, illus. in color (unpaginated)
- Seed, John. "Comparing Abstract Works of American and Chinese-Born Artists." Sotheby's, January 10, 2020. Online, illus. in color
- Mcllhagga, Samuel. "Philip Guston's Controversial Embrace of Figuration Still Shapes His Market." Artsy, November 3, 2020. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Coolidge, Clark, ed. Philip Guston: Que peindre sinon l'énigme. Translated by Éric Suchère. Strasbourg: L'Atelier Contemporain, 2023, illus. in color no. 57 (unpaginated)
