Catalogue Raisonné

P78.014

Agean, 1978
Oil on canvas
68 x 126 in.
172.7 x 320.0 cm
Unsigned, undated; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "AGEAN" 1978 (underlined)/ 68 x 126 (underlined)/ OIL ON CANVAS
Provenance
Private Collection
Exhibitions
David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston - Paintings", October 08, 1983 - November 05, 1983 
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, "Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura", March 01, 1989 - May 08, 1989  Travelled to:
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston 1975-1980: Private and Public Battles", September 17, 1994 - October 30, 1994 
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, "Philip Guston Retrospective", March 30, 2003 - June 08, 2003  Travelled to:
McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Mind and Matter", November 11, 2003 - January 10, 2004 
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, "Philip Guston - das große Spätwerk", November 06, 2013 - February 02, 2014  Travelled to:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston Now", May 01, 2022 - September 11, 2022  Travelled to:
Bibliography
Brenson, Michael. "Assessing Guston by His Late Paintings." The New York Times, October 21, 1983, p. C28, illus. in b&w and mentioned in text
Zaller, Robert. "Philip Guston and the Crisis of the Image." Critical Inquiry 14, no. 1 (1987): pp. 69–94, mentioned in text p. 92, not illus.
Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura. Exh. cat. Essays by Mark Rosenthal, Robert Storr, Carrie Rickey, Francisco Calvo Serraller, and Dore Ashton. Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura, Dirección General de Bellas Artes y Archivos, Centro Nacional de Exposiciones, 1989, cat. no. 65, illus. in color p. 141
McQuaid, Cate. "Battleground: How Philip Guston Fought the War to Create Art." Boston Phoenix, September 23, 1994, section Arts & Entertainment, p. 11, mentioned in text, not illus.
Stapen, Nancy. "Philip Guston, Boston University Art Gallery." ARTnews, December 1994, p. 145, illus. in b&w
Sichel, Kim, and Mary Drach McInnes. Philip Guston 1975–1980: Private and Public Battles. Exh. cat. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994, Plate 7, illus. in color p. 55 and illus. in color on cover
Mack, Gerhard. "Philip Guston Künstler." Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst 36, no. 3 (1997): pp. 1–16, mentioned in text p. 10, not illus.
Douglas, Sarah. "Philip Guston: Mind and Matter, McKee Gallery." Art Newspaper, December 2003, p. 4, mentioned in text, not illus.
Auping, Michael. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Philip Guston Retrospective. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, illus. in color Plate 124, unpaginated
Philip Guston: Mind and Matter. Exh. cat. New York: McKee Gallery, 2003, cat. no. 11, illus. in color p. 29
Philip Guston: Odd Man Out. BBC Four, January 28, 2004. Television, illus. in color
Furness, Rosalind. "London: Royal Academy, Timothy Taylor Gallery, Philip Guston." Contemporary, March 2004, mentioned in text, not illus.
Zaller, Robert. "The Abandoned Studio: Philip Guston's Gnostic Testament." Boulevard 20, no. 2-3 (2005): pp. 100–18, mentioned in text p. 105, not illus.
Posnock, Ross. Philip Roth's Rude Truth: The Art of Immaturity. Princeton: Princeton University, 2006, mentioned in text p. 244, not illus.
Bucklow, Christopher. What Is in the Dwat: The Universe of Guston's Final Decade. Grasmere, England: Wordsworth Trust, 2007, detail illus. in color pp. 66-67 and mentioned in text pp. 52, 88 and 115
Botelho, Manuel. Guston em contexto: até ao regresso da figura. Lisbon: Livros Vendaval, 2007, illus. in color p. 150
Derges, Susan. Review of What is in the Dwat: The Universe of Guston's Final Decade, by Christopher Bucklow, Artesian 3 (2011), illus. in color pg. 38
Dion. "Philip Guston at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt." Art News Blog, October 23, 2013. Online, illus. in color
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ArtMag by Deutsche Bank. "What's On: Philip Guston in Frankfurt." November 2013, illus. in color pg. 5
(n d ks). "Philip Guston Late Works at Schirn Kunsthalle." November 2013. Online, illus. in color as part of installation photo
Philip Guston. Das Grosse Spätwerk/ Late Works. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, November 5, 2013. Video, illus. in color and in detail
Pfeiffer, Ingrid, and Max Hollein, eds. Philip Guston Das Grosse Spatwerk/Late Works. Exh. cat. Cologne: Strzeleckibooks, 2013, illus. in color pp. 58-59
Mousse. "Philip Guston 'Late Works' at Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt." January 16, 2014. Online, illus. in color
Lang, Dr. Karen. "Philip Guston and the Allegory of Painting." Annual Review 2013, The Leverhulme Trust, 2014, illus. in color pg. 46
Thomas, Elly. Play and the Artist's Creative Process. New York: Routledge, 2019, mentioned in text p. 59, not illus.
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 168 p. 165, listed as "Aegean"
Reynolds, Pamela. "After postponement, Philip Guston's work finally arrives at the MFA." WBUR, April 28, 2022. Online, illus. in color
Whyte, Murray. "The MFA recast artist Philip Guston amid a nationwide racial reckoning -- here's the result." Boston Globe, April 28, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Whyte, Murray. "Guston show gives new entry points--and exits." Boston Globe, May 1, 2022, pp. N1, N2, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Einspruch, Franklin. "Visual Arts Commentary: Philip Guston and the Impossibility of Art Criticism." Arts Fuse (Boston), May 3, 2022. Online, illus. in color
Dafoe, Taylor. "An Off-Ramp, a Trauma Specialist, and Preparedness Pamphlets: How the MFA Boston Reworked Its Philip Guston Retrospective." artnet News, May 5, 2022. Online, illus. in color
Bowen, Jared. 'Philip Guston Now' portrays art of controversial and confrontational painter. Washington D.C.: PBS News Hour, May 12, 2022. Video, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
Bolton-Fasman, Judy. "The Art and Social Conscience of Jewish Artist Philip Guston." JewishBoston, June 28, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of slideshow
Saccocia, Susan. "Spotlight Review: Philip Guston Now." Art New England, July/August 2022. Print, mentioned in text, not illus.
Schwabsky, Barry. "Philip Guston's Philosophy of Doubt." Nation, July 28, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Shea, Andrew L. "Philip Guston in the padded room." Spectator World, July 28, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Michelman, Elizabeth. "Philip Guston's True Colors at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston." Artscope, August 9, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
Allen, Brian T. "Philip Guston Now, Delayed by Race Hysteria, Finally Gets Its Day." National Review, October 1, 2022. Online, 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, mentioned in text, not illus.