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P77.008

Sleeping, 1977
Oil on canvas
84 x 69 in.
213.4 x 175.3 cm
Unsigned, undated
Provenance
Promised gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibitions
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, "Philip Guston: The Late Works", August 17, 1984 - September 16, 1984  Travelled to:
The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, "Philip Guston: The Late Works", September 26, 1984 - October 28, 1984
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, "Philip Guston: The Late Works", November 07, 1984 - December 30, 1984
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, "Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura", March 01, 1989 - May 08, 1989  Travelled to:
Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain, "Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura", May 25, 1989 - July 16, 1989
Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, "Philip Guston: 50 Years of Painting", September 09, 1989 - October 22, 1989
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, "Philip Guston: 50 Years of Painting", November 19, 1989 - January 14, 1990
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "High & Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture", October 07, 1990 - January 15, 1991 Travelled to:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, "High & Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture", February 23, 1991 - May 12, 1991
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, "High & Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture", June 23, 1991 - September 15, 1991
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston 1975-1980: Private and Public Battles", September 17, 1994 - October 30, 1994 
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "Philip Guston: Gemälde 1947 - 1979", September 02, 1999 - November 01, 1999  Travelled to:
Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, "Philip Guston: Gemälde 1947 - 1979", February 16, 2000 - April 24, 2000
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, "Philip Guston: Paintings of Four Decades", May 12, 2000 - July 30, 2000
Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, "Philip Guston Peintures 1947 - 1979", September 13, 2000 - December 04, 2000
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, "Philip Guston Retrospective", March 30, 2003 - June 08, 2003  Travelled to:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Philip Guston Retrospective", June 28, 2003 - September 27, 2003
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, "Philip Guston Retrospective", October 27, 2003 - January 04, 2004
Royal Academy of Arts, London, England, "Philip Guston Retrospective", January 24, 2004 - April 12, 2004
La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy, "51st International Art Exhibition Venice Biennial - Always a little further (The Experience of Art)", June 12, 2005 - November 06, 2005
Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland, "I Not I: Samuel Beckett, Philip Guston, Bruce Nauman", March 24, 2006 - May 01, 2006
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, "Oranges and Sardines: Conversations on Abstract Painting", November 09, 2008 - February 09, 2009
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, "Philip Guston - das große Spätwerk", November 06, 2013 - February 02, 2014  Travelled to:
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany, "Philip Guston Late Works", February 22, 2014 - May 25, 2014
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, "Philip Guston Late Works", June 04, 2014 - September 07, 2014
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy, "Philip Guston and the Poets", May 10, 2017 - September 03, 2017 
Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY, "Philip Guston, 1969-1979", September 09, 2021 - October 30, 2021 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: What Kind of Man Am I?", May 25, 2023 - August 02, 2023 
Tate Modern, London, England, "Philip Guston", October 05, 2023 - February 25, 2024 
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Godfrey, Tony. The New Image: Painting in the 1980s. New York: Abbeville Press, 1986, illus. in color Plate 102 p. 122 and mentioned in text p. 121
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston by His Daughter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988, mentioned in text p. 131, not illus.
Fernandez, Horacio. "El Último Perplejo." El Europeo, March 1989, pp. 66-74, illus. in color p. 73
Serraller, F. Calvo. "Abierta en Madrid una retrospectiva de Guston: En Centro Reina Sofia expone 70 obras del artista que paso del expresionismo abstracto a la figuracion." El País (Madrid), March 2, 1989, mentioned in text, not illus.
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O'Hagan, Sean. "An Everyday Genius. Philip Roth's Friend, the Artist Philip Guston, Was a Star of the Sixties Who Risked His Reputation to Pursue a New Creative Vision. Now, 30 Years On, He Is Back in Vogue with a Retrospective at the RA." Observer Review (London), January 11, 2004, illus. in color p. 5
Reiner, Lucas. "Fear and Trembling of the Image." Beyond Baroque, 2004, pp. 6-11, mentioned in text p. 9, not illus.
I Not I/Samuel Beckett, Philip Guston, Bruce Nauman. Exh. cat. Dublin: Royal Hiberian Academy, 2006, illus. in color p. 36
Hohmeyer, Boris. "Die Entdeckung der Wirklichkeit." Art: Das Kunstmagazin March 2007, pp. 26–35, illus. in color p. 27
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"Philip Guston and the Poets at Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia, May 10–September 3, 2017." Arts Summary. Blog. May 13, 2017. Online, illus. in color
Casavecchia, Barbara. "57th Venice Biennale 'Viva Arte Viva.'" Art Agenda, May 13, 2017. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Herriman, Kat. "An Iconic American Painter, Re-examined Through Poetry." The New York Times Style Magazine, May 16, 2017. Online, illus. in related slideshow attached to article
Castelli, Stefano. "Philip Guston e i poeti, retrospettiva tematica di un grande pittore." Arte, June 2017, illus. as part of installation shot
Stremmel, Kerstin. "Seine Radikalität war schuld." Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Zurich), July 7, 2017. Online, illus. in color as part of a slideshow
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: Un ritratto intimo di Philip Guston. Monza: Johan & Levi, 2017, mentioned in text p. 149, not illus.
Philip Guston & The Poets. Exh. cat. Essay by Kosme de Barañano. Hauser & Wirth, 2017, illus. in color p. 100
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Arn, Jackson. "The Mysterious Mr. Guston." Air Mail, September 4, 2021. Online, illus. in color
Anapur, Eli. "The Breakthrough Figuration of Philip Guston Explored at Hauser & Wirth." Whitewalls, September 8, 2021. Online, illus. in color
Smith, Roberta. "After the Storm, Philip Guston for Real." The New York Times, September 9, 2021. Online.
, mentioned in text, not illus.
Smith, Roberta. "After the Storm, Philip Guston for Real." The New York Times, September 10, 2021, p. C10, illus. in color as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text
Chui, Vivian. "Philip Guston's Most Controversial Decade of Work." Ocula, September 22, 2021. Online, illus. in color, illus. in color as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text
Yau, John. "Philip Guston's Unblinking Eye." Hyperallergic, September 30, 2021. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Novick, Ilana. "Controversial Philip Guston Paintings at Hauser & Wirth." Art & Object (Chapel Hill, NC), October 4, 2021. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Goodman, Jonathan. "Philip Guston, 1969-1979 at Hauser & Wirth, NYC (Video + Photo Story)," Arte Fuse, October 17, 2021. Online, illus. in color and illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Schor, Mira. "Philip Guston." 4Columns, October 22, 2021. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Chow, Vivienne. "The Met Now Boasts the World's Largest Collection of Philip Guston's Work, Thanks to a 220-Piece Gift by the Artist's Daughter." artnet News, December 15, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Westall, Mark. "Tate Modern to present a landmark exhibition of Philip Guston this October." FAD Magazine, August 22, 2023. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Ledwith, Mario. "Tate Modern must not be afraid of difficult work, says curator." Times (London), August 27, 2023. Online, illus. in color
M.D. "Londres: Philip Guston à l'honneur." L'Objet D'Art, September 2023. Print, illus. in color
Tate Etc. "Transformations on a Canvas." Issue 59, Autumn 2023, pp. 72-83, mentioned in text p. 80, not illus.
Chow, Vivienne. "15 Must-See Shows This Fall in Europe, From a Major Survey of Marina Abramović to a Face Off Between Edvard Munch and Goya: Philip Guston" artnet News, September 14, 2023. Online
, mentioned in text, not illus.
Wullschläger, Jackie. "Philip Guston, Tate Modern review — violent, unsettling and thrilling from start to finish." Financial Times, October 5, 2023. Online.
, mentioned in text, not illus.
Wullschläger, Jackie. "Violent and unsettling." FT Weekend (London), October 7-8, 2023, section Arts, pp. 14-15., mentioned in text p. 15, not illus.
Cumming, Laura. "Philip Guston; Sarah Lucas: Happy Gas review – tragi-comic cartoonery." Guardian, October 8, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Smith, Nathan. "Tate Modern Reveals Philip Guston's Hoodwink." Observer (London), November 9, 2023. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Woolf, Jan. "The bigot in the hood." Morning Star (London), November 16, 2023. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
Scott, Owen. "State of the Art: Michael Wellen." Reader's Digest (UK), December 5, 2023. Online, illus. in color
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2023, mentioned in text p. 180, not illus.
Duponchelle, Valérie. "Philip Guston, le peintre qui met du mouvement dans l'abstraction." Le Figaro (Paris), January 18, 2024, mentioned in text, not illus.