Catalogue Raisonné

P57.025

Oasis, 1957
Oil on canvas
61½ x 68 in.
156.2 x 172.7 cm
Signed front lower right: Philip Guston
Provenance
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection, New York
Exhibitions
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", February 24, 1958 - March 22, 1958 
Palazzo Reale, Naples, Italy, "Modern American Painting 1930-1958", October 30, 1959 - November 29, 1959 Travelled to:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", May 03, 1962 - July 01, 1962  Travelled to:
Joseloff Exhibition Gallery, West Hartford, CT, "The Arts in Society: An exhibition marking the dedication of the new buildings of the Hartford Art School of the University of Hartford", November 08, 1964 - December 04, 1964
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., "Inaugural Exhibition", October 04, 1974 - September 15, 1975
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, "Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura", March 01, 1989 - May 08, 1989  Travelled to:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., "Ways of Seeing: John Baldessari Explores the Collection", July 26, 2006 - September 23, 2007
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., "In the Tower: Philip Guston", February 01, 2009 - September 13, 2009 
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Adlow, Dorothy. 25 Anni de Pittura Americana 1933–1958. Exh. cat. Rome: United States Information Agency/De Luca Editore, 1959, illus. in b&w p. 19
Alloway, Lawrence. "Book Reviews: Ashton on Guston." Arts Review, July 23–August 12, 1961, pp. 17, 20, mentioned in text p. 17, not illus.
O'Hara, Frank. "Growth and Guston." ARTnews, May 1962, pp. 31–33, 51–52, mentioned in text p. 52, not illus.
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Lichtblau, Charlotte. "Guston Exhibit Takes Spotlight at Guggenheim." Philadelphia Inquirer, May 13, 1962, mentioned in text, not illus.
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The Arts in Society: An exhibition marking the dedication of the new buildings of the Hartford Art School of the University of Hartford. Exh. cat. Joseloff Exhibition Gallery, Hartford Art School, 1964, cat. no. 24, not illus.
Lerner, Abram. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Essays by Linda Nochlin, Alfred Frankenstein, John I. H. Baur, Milton W. Brown, Irving Sandler, and Dore Ashton. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974, illus. in color p. 515, fig. 764; p. 699
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Brandenburg, John. "Seeing Guston's Art Requires a 'Leap' to Dallas." Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK), December 24, 1989, section Travel & Entertainment, p. 4, mentioned in text, not illus.
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