Murals

Destroyed in February 1933
John Reed Club Panel, c. 1931
Whereabouts Unknown
Conspirators, 1932
Museo Regional Michoacano, Morelia, Mexico
The Struggle Against Terrorism, 1935
City of Hope
Physical Growth of Man (City of Hope mural), 1935-36
Recreation and Athletics (sketch), 1936-1938
Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous Gift
Untitled (Sketch for Mural Project for Kings County Hospital), c. 1936-1937 detail 1
Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous Gift
Untitled (Sketch for Mural Project for Kings County Hospital), c. 1936-1937 detail 2
Whereabouts Unknown
Recreation and Athletics, 1936-1938 detail 1
Whereabouts Unknown
Recreation and Athletics, 1936-1938 detail 2
San Antonio North Wall (mural study), c. 1937 detail 1
San Antonio North Wall (mural study), c. 1937 detail 2
San Antonio North Wall (mural study), c. 1937 detail 3
San Antonio South Wall (mural study), c. 1937 detail 1
San Antonio South Wall (mural study), c. 1937 detail 2
San Antonio South Wall (mural study), c. 1937 detail 3
Untitled (Study for Queensbridge Housing Project Mural aka Boys Fighting), 1938
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Internal Revenue Service through the General Services Administration
Untitled (Study for Early Mail Service and the Construction of Railroads), 1938
Commerce Georgia Post Office
Early Mail Service and the Construction of Railroads, 1938
Promised gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Untitled (Study for Queensbridge Housing Project Mural), 1938
Untitled (Study for Queensbridge Housing Project Mural), 1939
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Promised Gift of Michael A. Rubenstein, from the collection of Michael A. and Juliet van Vliet Rubenstein
Untitled (Study for Maintaining America's Skills), 1939
Destroyed
Work the American Way (Maintaining America's Skills), 1939
Untitled (Mural Study), c. 1939 detail 1
Untitled (Mural Study), c. 1939 detail 2
Whereabouts Unknown
Untitled (S.S. President Adams), 1940
Whereabouts Unknown
Untitled (S.S. President Monroe), 1940
Whereabouts Unknown
Untitled (S.S. President Van Buren), 1940
Private Collection, Medina, WA
Untitled (Study for Queensbridge Housing Project mural), 1940
Untitled (Preliminary Study for Reconstruction and Well-Being of the Family), 1941 detail 1
Untitled (Preliminary Study for Reconstruction and Well-Being of the Family), 1941 detail 2
Untitled (Preliminary Study for Reconstruction and Well-Being of the Family), 1941 detail 3
Queensbridge Community Center of the Queensbridge Houses
Work and Play (Queensbridge Housing Project Mural), 1940 detail 1
Queensbridge Community Center of the Queensbridge Houses
Work and Play (Queensbridge Housing Project Mural), 1940 detail 2
Queensbridge Community Center of the Queensbridge Houses
Work and Play (Queensbridge Housing Project Mural), 1940 detail 3
Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, 1934-1943, Neal Greentree Photography
Pulpwood Logging (Study for Forestry Building mural, Laconia N.H.) , 1941
Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, 1934-1943
Pulpwood Logging (Forestry Building mural, Laconia N.H., 1941
Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, 1934-1943, Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, Washington D.C.
Reconstruction and the Well-Being of the Family (Social Security Triptych), 1942
Whereabouts Unknown
Untitled Mural on Navigation, for Naval Preflight Training, 1943

Museum Collections

Philip Guston's paintings and drawings are part of the permanent collections of over 140 museums in the United States and abroad. Listed by city and state or country, Museum Collection pages include all Guston holdings, with access to complete details on every work. Registration is required.

Exhibitions

The art of Philip Guston has been widely shown in museums and galleries. To date, it has been featured in over 130 solo exhibitions all over the world. With the work of other artists, his paintings and drawings have been included in over 1,800 group shows. A searchable exhibition database is on the homepage for the Catalogue Raisonné.

Bibliography

All known published references to Philip Guston's life and works can be found in a searchable bibliographic database found on the homepage for the Catalogue Raisonné. References to specific works are listed on the individual works catalogue entry pages.