Catalogue Raisonné
P78.020
Oil on canvas
71 x 73¼ in.
180.3 x 186.1 cm
Unsigned, undated; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "THE LINE" (underlined) 1978/ 71 x 73 1/4 (underlined)/ OIL ON CANVAS
- Provenance
- Promised gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Exhibitions
- McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Major Paintings from the Seventies", October 05, 1996 - November 09, 1996
- IVAM Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain, "Philip Guston One-Shot Painting", December 13, 2001 - March 03, 2002 Travelled to:
- Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, "Philip Guston Retrospective", March 30, 2003 - June 08, 2003 Travelled to:
- Inverleith House, Edinburgh, Scotland, "Philip Guston (1913 - 1980): Late Paintings", July 25, 2012 - October 07, 2012
- Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, "Philip Guston - das große Spätwerk", November 06, 2013 - February 02, 2014 Travelled to:
- Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy, "Philip Guston and the Poets", May 10, 2017 - September 03, 2017
- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX, "Philip Guston Now", October 23, 2022 - January 15, 2023
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., "Philip Guston Now", March 02, 2023 - August 27, 2023
- Tate Modern, London, England, "Philip Guston", October 05, 2023 - February 25, 2024
- Bibliography
- Revuelta, Laura. "Las iluminaciones de Philip Guston." ABC (Madrid), December 8, 2001, section Arte, pp. 27–29, illus. in color p. 28
- Chacon, Francisco. "Los enigmas de Philip Guston." El Mundo (Madrid), December 14, 2001, section Cultura, p. 69, illus.
- de Barañano, Kosme. "El ultimo aliento del Gigante Guston: Una treintena de óleos y varios dibujos-poema iluminan la obra tardía del creador." Masdearte.com, 2001. Online, illus. in color
- Philip Guston: One-Shot-Paintings/De Un Solo Aliento. Exh. cat. Essays by Kosme de Barañano, María Jesús Folch, Fernando Gomez Aguilera, and Manuel Padorno. Valencia: IVAM, 2001. In association with Ediciones Aldeasa, unnumbered catalog, color plate p. 215 and on cover, illus. in color p. 34 and detail illus. in color p. 49
- Anfam, David. "Telling Tales: Philip Guston in Retrospect." Artforum International, May 2003, pp. 132–39, 192, mentioned in text p. 192, not illus.
- Baker, Kenneth. "Shock of the New: Embracing Guston's Late Work at SFMOMA." San Francisco Chronicle, August 10, 2003, section Datebook, pp. 9–10, mentioned in text p. 10, not illus.
- Anfam, David. "Eye to Eye with Philip Guston." RA Magazine, Winter 2003, pp. 34–38, detail illus. in color on cover and on p. 7
- Kuspit, Donald. "Philip Guston's Self-Doubt." artnet Magazine, December 4, 2003, illus. in color online
- Burgess, Andy. "'Tired of all that Purity': The Art of Philip Guston." Jewish Quarterly, Winter 2003/4, illus. in color on cover
- Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 122, unpaginated
- Philip Guston: Odd Man Out. BBC Four, January 28, 2004. Television, detail illus. in color
- Rubinstein, Raphael. "Philip Guston: Some Thoughts." Art in America, March 2004, mentioned in text p. 89, not illus.
- Heller, Michael. "Philip Guston." Chicago Review 49, no. 3–4 (2004), pp. 402-405, mentioned in text p. 403, not illus.
- Reiner, Lucas. "Fear and Trembling of the Image." Beyond Baroque, 2004, pp. 6-11, mentioned in text p. 7, not illus.
- Zaller, Robert. "The Abandoned Studio: Philip Guston's Gnostic Testament." Boulevard 20, no. 2-3 (2005): pp. 100–18, illus. in b&w p. 119 and mentioned in text pp. 106 and 111
- Bucklow, Christopher. What Is in the Dwat: The Universe of Guston's Final Decade. Grasmere, England: Wordsworth Trust, 2007, Plate 46, illus. in color p. 191 and mentioned in text p. 140
- Bruce, Keith. "Between Pollock and Warhol." Herald (Glasgow, UK), July 27, 2012, section Arts, p. 19, illus. in color and mentioned in text
- Jeffrey, Moira. "Different Strokes." Scotland on Sunday (Edinburgh), July 29, 2012, mentioned in text p. 12, not illus.
- Pollock, David. "Philip Guston (1913–1980): Late Paintings Late Work by Renowned US Artist in Scotland for the First Time." List.co.uk, July 29, 2012. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Hamilton, Adrian. "Philip Guston: The Hand That Rocked the Art Establishment." Independent (London), August 20, 2012, section Arts & Entertainment, pp. 44-45, illus. in color and mentioned in text p. 44
- Wood, Alex. "Philip Guston, Late Paintings at Inverleith House." Lothian Life, August 29, 2012. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
- James, Merlin. "Late Guston, Edinburgh." Burlington Magazine, November 2012, pp. 809–11, mentioned in text p. 810, not illus.
- Philip Guston: Late Paintings. Exh. cat. Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 2012, cat. no. 5, illus. in color (unpaginated)
- ArtMag by Deutsche Bank. "It's About Freedom: Philip Guston's Late Works in the Schirn." August 26–November 27, 2013. Online, illus. in color
- (n d ks). "Philip Guston Late Works at Schirn Kunsthalle." November 2013. Online, illus. in color and as part of installation photo
- Pfeiffer, Ingrid, and Max Hollein, eds. Philip Guston Das Grosse Spatwerk/Late Works. Exh. cat. Cologne: Strzeleckibooks, 2013, illus. in color p. 63 and mentioned in text p. 18 (English)/19 (German)
- Mousse. "Philip Guston 'Late Works' at Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt." January 16, 2014. Online, illus. in color
- Baker, E. "Frankfurt—Philip Guston: 'Late Works' at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt through February 2nd 2014." AO Art Observed, January 18, 2014. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Inferno. "Philip Guston A La Schirn Kunsthalle de Francfort." January 23, 2014. Online, illus. in color
- de Barañano, Kosme. "Los viajes de Ulises en el siglo xx: Formas de la pasion en Beckmann, Picasso y Philip Guston." In Visiones de Pasion y Perversidad. Edited by Victor Minguez and Inmaculada Rodriguez Moya. Madrid: Fernando Villaverde Ediciones, 2014, mentioned in text p. 208, not illus.
- Burnett, Craig. Philip Guston: The Studio. London: Afterall Books, 2014, illus. in color plate 15 (unpaginated) and mentioned in text pp. 72 and 90
- Miller, Peter Benson, ed. Go Figure! New Perspectives on Guston. New York: American Academy in Rome; New York Review of Books, 2014, mentioned in text pp. 67, 80, 83, and 89, not illus.
- Kondaratos, Yiannis. Philip Guston, the Painter in Eden. Writings, Lectures and Conversations. Athen: School of Fine Arts Editions, 2014, illus. in b&w fig. 13 p. 74
- Güner, Fisun. "Philip Guston, Timothy Taylor Gallery: Small but Powerful Survey of the American Artist's Late Figurative Paintings." Arts Desk, June 21, 2015. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Hauser & Wirth 7. "Philip Guston: The Hands of Clocks." Winter 2015, illus. in color on front cover
- The Shadow of the Avant-Garde: Rousseau and the Forgotten Masters. Exh. cat. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2015, illus. in color pg. 264, Fig. 2
- Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Munich: Sieveking Verlag; Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2016, illus. no. 119, illus. in color p. 355
- Gieskes, Mette. "I is an Other: Philip Guston's Imagined Incarnations of God and Klansmen." In Example or Alter Ego? Aspects of the Portrait Historie in Western Art from Antiquity to the Present. Edited by Volker Manuth, Rudie van Leeuwen, and Jos Koldeweij. Turnhout: Brepols, 2016, Illus. no. 1, illus. in color p. 286 and mentioned in text p. 285 and 302 and footnote 86 p. 303
- Russeth, Andrew. "Venice's Grand Gallerie dell'Accademia Will Stage a Guston Show During the Biennale." ARTnews, January 31, 2017. Online, illus. in color
- Amé, Francesca. "Super blob in salsa Vezzoli: La fondazione Prada di Milano accoglie il ritorno it Italia dell'artistar che ha ammaliato Hollywood. Suo il progetto realizzato con la Rai, che promette qualche riflessione e molte risate." Business People (Italy), May 2017, pp. 100-102, illus.
- Artribune (Rome). "Philip Guston a Venezia. Su Artribune Magazine l'approfondimento sulla grande mostra." May 1, 2017, illus. in color
- ARTE.it. "Philip Guston and the Poets." May 2017. Online, illus. in color
- Cooke, Tim. "Venice Stages a 'Magnificently Meaningful' Philip Guston Show." Tim Cooke International, May 2017. Online, detail illus. in color and mentioned in text
- V.R. "5 poeti per 50 anni di Guston." Vernissage, May 1, 2017, illus.
- F. Flo. "Le Mostre 'Griffate.'" Vernissage, May 1, 2017, p. 13, illus. in color
- Burnett, Craig. "Literature always rivalled painting for his attention." Apollo (London), May 2017. Print, illus. in color and mentioned in text
- R.L. "Venezia: La Laguna Dell'Arte." Grazia (Milan), May 6, 2017, p. 177, illus. in color
- Mammi, Alessandra. "Art box: Il Maestro Ritrovato." L'Espresso (Rome), May 6, 2017, illus. in color
- Giacomelli, Marco Enrico. "Philip Guston, un grande artista a Venezia. Intervista con Paola Marini." Artribune (Rome), May 7, 2017, illus. in color as part of slideshow attached to article
- Verso L'Arte (Rome). "Philp Guston alle Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia," May 8, 2017. Online, illus. in color
- Pastega, Giovanna. "Assaggi di Biennale Cosi Venezia celebra l'arte contemporanea." Il Piccolo (Trieste), May 8, 2017, pp. 36–37, illus. in color
- Bauer, Cat. "Fabulous! Philip Guston & the Poets at Accademia in Venice - To Ernest, with Love." Venetian Cat. Blog. May 8, 2017, illus. in color
- Burnett, Craig. "The Literary Lineage of Philip Guston." Apollo (London), May 9, 2017. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
- Di Martino, Enzo. "Sorprendente Guston all'Accademia." Il Gazzettino (Rome), May 9, 2017, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Galbiati, Matteo. "Immagini tra arte e poesia, Philip Guston alle Gallerie dell'Accademia." Espoarte (Albissola Marina), May 10, 2017. Online, illus. in color in detail and in full
- Lucarelli, Niccolo. "Dal Rinascimento a Bukowski. Philip Guston pittore-poeta a Venezia." ArtsLife (Milan), May 11, 2017. Online, illus. in color
- Muñoz-Alonso, Lorena. "Philip Guston Holds His Own Next to the Venetian Masters at the Gallerie dell'Accademia." artnet News, May 12, 2017. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Wullschläger, Jackie. "Star-spangled biennale: Americans shine in Venice." Financial Times (London), May 12, 2017, section Visual Arts. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
- "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
- Gallucci, Barbara. "Che cosa vedere alla Biennale di Venezia." Touring Club, May 17, 2017, illus. in color
- Baradel, Virginia. "Guston all'Accademia la radice comune dell'arte e della poesia." Il Mattino di Padova (Padua), May 23, 2017, illus. in color
- Hesse, Ewa. "Zwei Amis in Venedig." Tages-Anzeiger (Zurich), May 24, 2017. Online, illus. in color
- Hesse, Ewa. "Zwei Amis in Venedig." Der Bund (Bern), May 24, 2017. Online, illus. in color
- Leahy, Kristian. "Bienal de Venecia: Los Gozos Y Las Sombras." Descrubir el Arte (Madrid), June 2017, illus. in color
- Nastro, Santa and Marco Enrico Giacomelli. "Philip Guston Un Grande Artista a Venezia." Artribune (Rome), June 2017, pp. 56–58, illus. in color p. 35
- Silva, Sofia. "Le tre mostre de mese: Madrid, Venezia, New York." IL (Madrid), June 2017, illus. in color
- Papi, Giancarlo. "Le licenze poetiche di Guston." Avvenire (Milan), June 16, 2017, p. 14, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Ober, Cara. "How Philip Guston Found Salvation in Poetry." Hyperallergic, June 21, 2017. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
- De Santis, Silvia. "10 cose da non perdere del Fuori Biennale di Venezia (secondo Luca Massimo Barbero)." Huffington Post, June 26, 2017, International edition. Online, illus. in color as part of slideshow attached to article
- Benhamou-Huet, Judith. "Philip Guston: His Daughter and the Curator of His Amazing Show in Venice Speak about Abstraction, Figuration, Poets and Flesh." Judith Benhamou-Huet Reports, July 13, 2017. Online, illus. in color
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Gamberetta Rossa. "Philip Guston and the Poets Alle Gallerie Dell'Accademia di Venezia." Blog. July 20, 2017. Online, illus. in color - Sooke, Alastair. "Philip Guston's daughter on growing up with a giant of American art." Telegraph (London), July 30, 2017, section Culture, Art, Artists. Online, illus. in color
- Fanti, Andrea. "Philip Guston, il sesto poeta." Corriere della Sera (Milan), July 30, 2017, illus.
- Annaro, Daniela. "Philip Guston ritorna a Venezia." Il Dialogo di Monza (Monza), August 5, 2017. Online, illus. in color
- Pappalardo, Dario. "Il ribelle Philip Guston." La Repubblica, August 13, 2017, section Robinson, illus. and mentioned in text
- Sigler, Jeremy. "Philip Guston: A Stumblebum in Venice." Tablet, August 14, 2017. Online, detail illus. in color and mentioned in text
- Pietroni, Barbara. "Le ispirazioni poetiche di Philip Guston: A Venezia una mostra sul grande artista americano." Amica (Milan), August 29, 2017. Online, illus. in color
- Philip Guston & The Poets. Exh. cat. Essay by Kosme de Barañano. Hauser & Wirth, 2017, illus. in color p. 71 and mentioned in text pp. 55-56
- Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: Un ritratto intimo di Philip Guston. Monza: Johan & Levi, 2017, illus. in color fig. 40 (following p. 224)
- Sanlian Life Week (Beijing). [Article title unknown]. July 23, 2018, pp. 134-137, illus. in color p. 137
- Arn, Jackson. "Why AbEx Painter Philip Guston's Return to Figuration Enraged the Art World." Artsy, October 10, 2018. Online, illus. in color
- Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong Issue no. 1: Philip Guston. Exh. guide. Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2018, illus. in color p. 21 and mentioned in text p. 20
- Conversations on Artists' Estates & Modern Masters for Art Basel 2019. Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2019, mentioned in text p. 87, not illus.
- Thomas, Elly. Play and the Artist's Creative Process. New York: Routledge, 2019, illus. in b&w Fig. 3.6 p. 72 and mentioned in text pp. 772 and 163
- Mayer, Musa. Resilience: Philip Guston in 1971. Exh. cat. Zurich: Hauser & Wirth Publishers, 2019, illus. in color p. 38
- Burnett, Craig. "'Philip Guston's life traced that of modern art itself'" Apollo (London), May 12, 2020. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Robinson, Paul Carter. "Philip Guston Postponed: Curator David Anfam Speaks Out." Artlyst, October 6, 2020. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Rieger, Birgit. "Warum es mehr Mut im Umgang mit kontroverser Kunst braucht." Der Tagesspiegel (Berlin), October 6, 2020. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Matchan, Linda. "A case of 'museum-going while Black' tests the Boston Museum of Fine Arts' new director." Forward, December 9, 2020. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Cooper, Harry, Mark Godfrey, Alison de Lima Greene, and Kate Nesin. Philip Guston Now. Exh. cat. Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2020, illus. in color Plate 164 p. 160 and detail illus. in color p. 192 and mentioned in text pp. 199, 208 and 217
- Mayer, Musa. Philip Guston. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in color p. 97 and mentioned in text p. 104
- Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 253 illus. in color p. 229 and mentioned in text p. 209
- Tallman, Susan. "Philip Guston's Discomfort Zone: How is it that the artist, dead these forty years, is still pushing our buttons?" New York Review of Books, January 14, 2021, mentioned in text p. 14, not illus.
- Schwabsky, Barry. "Philip Guston's Peculiar History Lesson." Nation, April 12, 2021. Online, illus. in color
- Burnett, Craig. "Mixed emotions - the uneasy art of Philip Guston." Apollo (London), April 28, 2022. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
- Burnett, Craig. "Mixed Emotions." Apollo (London), May 2022, pp. 78-84, illus. in color Fig. 3 p. 82 and mentioned in text p. 83
- Rexer, Lyle. "Philip Guston Now." Brooklyn Rail, September 2022, section ArtSeen. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Rexer, Lyle. "Philip Guston." Brooklyn Rail, September 2022, section Artseen, pp. 87-88, mentioned in text p. 88, not illus.
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Aghajanian, Arthur. "Emulating Divine Creation." Dappled Things (Philadelphia), December 2022. Online.
, illus. in color and mentioned in text - Fielder, Garland. "Review: 'Philip Guston Now' at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston." Glasstire (Texas), December 6, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- 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.
- Samudzi, Zoé. "Museums Can, and Do, Talk About Race. Just Not Whiteness." artnet News, December 27, 2022. Online, illus. in color
- Apollo (London). "Acquisitions of the Month: December 2022." January 6, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Smith, Roberta. "A Gift The Met Might Not Need." New York Times, January 24, 2023, pp. C1, C5, illus. in color p. C1
- Bui, Phong. "Philip Guston Now—A Personal Meditation." Brooklyn Rail, May 2023. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text
- Brooklyn Rail. "Reflections on Philip Guston Now." June 2023. Online, illus. in color
- McDonald, John. "AI can do any many things, but can it replicate these drawings?" Sydney Morning Herald, June 1, 2023. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Brooklyn Rail. "Reflections on Philip Guston Now." June 2023, pp. 30-31, illus. in color on front cover
- Schwabsky, Barry. "Philip Guston Now." Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2023. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Bui, Phong. "Philip Guston Now—A Personal Meditation." Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2023, pp. 48-49, mentioned in text p. 49, not illus.
- Petrie, Melissa. "Does a Painting Have to be 'Pretty' to be Beautiful?" Thinking Man, August 18, 2023. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
- Westall, Mark. "Tate Modern to present a landmark exhibition of Philip Guston this October." FAD Magazine, August 22, 2023. Online, illus. in color
- Ledwith, Mario. "Tate Modern must not be afraid of difficult work, says curator." Times (London), August 27, 2023. Online, illus. in color
- Tate Etc. "Transformations on a Canvas." Issue 59, Autumn 2023, pp. 72-83, illus. in color p. 76
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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
, illus. in color - Bradford, Phoebe. "6 Shows in London to Look Forward to This Autumn." Ocula, September 19, 2023. Online, illus. in color
- Searle, Adrian. "'What would it be like to be evil?' Controversial Philip Guston show ridicules the virus-like KKK." Guardian, October 3, 2023. Online, illus. in color
- Harris, Gareth. "Postponed Philip Guston survey finally opens at Tate Modern." Art Newspaper, October 3, 2023. Online, illus. in color
- Luke, Ben. "Philip Guston at Tate Modern review: riven with anger, engorged with love, haunted by suffering." Evening Standard (London), October 3, 2023. Online, illus. in color
- Freeman, Laura. "Philip Guston review — beyond the controversy, marvel at the craft." Times (London), October 3, 2023. Online, illus. in color
- Sooke, Alastair. "Timeless art that skewers evil with a savage intensity." Daily Telegraph (London), October 4, 2023, p. 10, section Arts, illus. in color
- Kent, Sarah. "Philip Guston, Tate Modern review - a compelling look at an artist who derided the KKK: How to appear daft while addressing the dark side." Arts Desk, October 5, 2023. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
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Wullschläger, Jackie. "Philip Guston, Tate Modern review — violent, unsettling and thrilling from start to finish." Financial Times, October 5, 2023. Online.
, illus. in color and mentioned in text - Chlopicki, Ernest. "Review: Philip Guston at Tate Modern ★★★★☆." Strand (London), October 6, 2023. Online, illus. in color
- Wullschläger, Jackie. "Violent and unsettling." FT Weekend (London), October 7-8, 2023, section Arts, pp. 14-15., illus. in color and mentioned in text p. 15
- Charlesworth, J.J. "Philip Guston and the Politics of Painted Images." ArtReview (London), October 13, 2023. Online, illus. in color
- Pritchard, Claudia. "Philip Guston and the art of fear and loathing." The New European, November 1, 2023. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Smith, Nathan. "Tate Modern Reveals Philip Guston's Hoodwink." Observer (London), November 9, 2023. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text
- Lavrador, Judicaël. "L'art taillé dans le vif de Philip Guston." Beaux Arts Magazine, December 2023, pp. 66-73, illus. in color p. 73
- Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2023, illus. no. 122, illus. in color p. 367
