Catalogue Raisonné

P46.006

The Courtyard, 1946
Oil on canvas
42½ x 34 in.
108.0 x 86.4 cm
Signed front lower left: Philip Guston
Provenance
Private Collection
Private Collection
Exhibitions
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, "1946 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting", December 10, 1946 - January 16, 1947
Iowa Memorial Union and Iowa Art Building, Iowa City, IA, "3rd Summer Exhibition of Contemporary Art", June 15, 1947 - July 30, 1947
Midtown Gallery, New York, NY, "[Unknown Title]", September 1947
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, "The One Hundred and Forty-Third Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture", January 25, 1948 - February 29, 1948
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY, "Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members, Recipients of Academy and Institute Honors and Pictures Purchased from the Childe Hassam Fund", May 22, 1948 - June 30, 1948
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, "[Unknown Title]", September 1949
University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, "Philip Guston", April 10, 1950 - May 12, 1950 
Bibliography
1946 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting. Exh. cat. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1946, cat. no. 66, illus. in b&w, no page #
Janson, H. W.. Magazine of Art. "Philip Guston." February 1947, pp. 54–58, illus. in b&w p. 58
New York World-Telegram. "Special Merit." June 28, 1947, mentioned in text, not illus.
J[ewell], E[dward] A[lden]. "By Groups." The New York Times, September 28, 1947, section 2, p. 7, illus. in b&w and mentioned in text
1947 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting. Exh. cat. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1947.
3rd Summer Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Exh. cat. Iowa City: University of Iowa, 1947, cat. no. 45, illus. in b&w
Catalogue of the One Hundred and Forty-Third Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture. Exh. cat. Philadelphia: The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1948, cat. no. 268, not illus., listed as "The Courtyard"
Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members Recipients of Academy and Institute Honors and Pictures Purchased from the Childe Hassam Fund. Exh. cat. New York: American Academy of Arts and Letters; National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1948, cat. no. 8 of the Guston works, not illus.
Shane, George. "Paintings Show Various Styles." Des Moines Register, September 18, 1949, mentioned in text, not illus.
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Minneapolis: University Gallery, University of Minnesota, 1950, cat. no. 11, not illus., listed as "The Courtyard"
Greene, Alison de Lima. "The Artist as Performer: Philip Guston's Early Work." Arts Magazine, November 1988, pp. 55–61, illus. in b&w p. 59 no. 9 and mentioned in text pp. 58, 59, & 60