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Wolff, Theodore F. "An Artist Who Dared to Paint the Recognizable." Christian Science Monitor, July 31, 1981.
Hill, Andrea. "No Picnic: Philip Guston at the Whitney." Artscribe, August 1981, pp. 19–21.
Clark, John. "Philip Guston and Metaphysical Painting." Artscribe, August 1981, pp. 22–25.
Hughes, Robert. "Reflections in a Bloodshot Eye." Time, August 3, 1981.
Baker, Kenneth. "Modern Metamorphosis: A Guston Retrospective at the Whitney." Boston Phoenix, August 4, 1981, p. 9.
Purchase, Steve. "Philip Guston: A Major Retrospective at the Whitney." Baltimore Evening Sun, August 6, 1981, p. 11.
Wolff, Theodore F. "An Artist Who Took a Turn from Realism." Philadelphia Inquirer, August 9, 1981.
Wolff, Theodore F. "Retrospective Documents A Journey Through Styles." Palm Beach Post, August 22, 1981, p. B4.
Hanson, Bernard. "Guston's Fine Lines and Gray Areas." Hartford Courant, August 23, 1981, p. G2.
Helfer, Judith. "Philip Guston: Ruckblick auf funfzig Arbeitsjahre." Aufbau, August 28, 1981, p. 14.
Pittsburgh Press. "Philip Guston's Art Exhibited At Museum." October 21, 1981.
"Acquisitions of American Art (1776–1980) by British and American Museums: Supplement." Burlington Magazine 123 (1981): pp. 713–14.
Glenn, Constance W. "The Collectors: Contemporary Art." Architectural Digest, November 1981.
Roud, Richard. "Art of U.S. Imperialism?" Guardian, November 16, 1981, p. 11.
Spike, John T. "New York. Whitney Museum of American Art." Burlington Magazine 123, no. 945 (1981): pp. 770–73.
Horizon Magazine. "Grabbing for Guston." December 1981.
Illustrated Checklist of the Collection, Washington University Gallery of Art. St. Louis: Washington University Gallery of Art, 1981.
Philip Guston 1980/The Last Works. Exh. cat. Essay by Morton Feldman. Washington D.C.: The Phillips Collection, 1981.
Cummings, Paul. Drawing Acquisitions, 1978–1981. Exh. cat. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1981.
XIX and XX Century Master Paintings. Exh. cat. New York: Acquavella Galleries, 1981.
Wilson, Richard. August 22: For Mixed Chorus, Percussion, and Piano. Poem by John Unterecker. [United States]: Boosey & Hawkes, 1981. Musical score.
A New Spirit in Painting. Exh. cat. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1981.
Twentieth-Century Drawings: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art. New York: Dover Publications, 1981.
Berman, Greta, and Jeffrey Wechsler. Realism and Realities: The Other Side of American Painting, 1940–1960. Exh. cat. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Art Gallery, 1981.
