Catalogue Raisonné

P61.010

The Scale, 1961
Oil on canvas
76 x 75 in.
193.0 x 190.5 cm
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston
Provenance
Private Collection, CA
Auction: Christie's, New York, Post-War and Contemporary Art (Morning Sessions), May 12, 2004, Lot 130
The Prudential Collection
Exhibitions
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", May 03, 1962 - July 01, 1962  Travelled to:
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY, "2 Generations: Picasso to Pollock", March 03, 1964 - April 04, 1964
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, "Philip Guston, A Selective Retrospective Exhibition: 1945-1965", February 27, 1966 - March 27, 1966 
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, "Return to the Figure: Three Studies: Philip Guston, Jean Helion, Irene Rice Pereira", April 07, 1988 - August 28, 1988
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, "Picturing America", May 10, 2001 - August 2002
Bibliography
O'Hara, Frank. "Growth and Guston." ARTnews, May 1962, pp. 31–33, 51–52, illus. in b&w p. 32
Newsweek. "Art: Long Journey." May 7, 1962, p. 94, illus. in b&w
Berkson, Bill. "Art Chronicle." Kulchur, Autumn 1962, pp. 30–40, mentioned in text p. 38, not illus.
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1962, cat. no. 96, illus. in b&w p. 111
2 Generations: Picasso to Pollock. Exh. brochure. New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1964, unnumbered brochure, 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. 23
Moritz, Charles, ed. Current Biography, February 1971, pp. 10-13, mentioned in text p. 12, not illus.
O'Hara, Frank. "Growth and Guston." In Art Chronicles 1954–1966. New York: George Braziller, 1975, pp. 134-141, mentioned in text p. 141, not illus.
Return to the Figure: Three Studies. Exh. cat. Bronx: The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1988, cat. no. 1, not illus.
Kies, Emily Bardack. "Philip Guston." Museum Overholland. Exh. brochure. 1989, illus. in b&w and mentioned in text, no page #