Larson, Kay. "Autumnal Reveries." New York, November 7, 1983, p. 88.
Strickland, Edward. "BU Show Exhibits Blacks as Artists and Subjects." Bay State Banner (Dorchester, MA), November 10, 1983, pp. 19, 24.
Gambrell, Jamey. "An Art of Protest and Despair." Art in America, December 1983, pp. 92–99.
The Painterly Figure. Exh. cat. Southampton: Parrish Art Museum, 1983.
Kertess, Klaus. Essay in The Pacesetter Corporation's Collection of Contemporary Art, vol. 1. Omaha: Privately published, 1983–86.
Social Concern and Urban Realism: American Paintings of the 1930s. Exh. cat. American Federation of the Arts, 1983.
Two Hundred Years of American Painting from Private Chicago Collections. Exh. cat. Evanston: Terra Museum of American Art, 1983.
Geldzahler, Henry. American Accents Américains. Exh. cat. [Toronto]: Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd., [1983].
The First Show: Painting and Sculpture from Eight Collections 1940-1980. Exh. cat. Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1983.
The Artist's Studio in American Painting: 1840 - 1983. Exh. cat. Allentown: Allentown Art Museum, 1983.
Philip Guston. 3. Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1983
XIX and XX Century Master Paintings. Exh. cat. New York: Acquavella Galleries, 1983.
Cathcart, Linda. American Still Life 1945–1983. Exh. cat. Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum, 1983.
Ammann, Jean-Christophe. "De L'Oeuvre Tardive de Philip Guston." Artistes, 1983, pp. 83–85.
Messinger, Lisa M. "Twentieth Century Art." In Notable Acquisitions 1983-1984. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984.
Cone, Michele. "Philip Guston: David McKee." 1983.
Philip Guston. Schilderijen 1969–1980. Exh. cat. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1983.