Catalogue Raisonné

P61.007

The Actors II, 1961
Oil on illustration board mounted on panel
30 x 40 in.
76.2 x 101.6 cm
Unsigned, undated; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "THE ACTORS II" (underlined)/ 1961/ "30 x 40"/ N.F.S. (underlined)
Provenance
Private Collection
Exhibitions
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston", May 03, 1962 - July 01, 1962  Travelled to:
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, "Philip Guston, Recent Paintings and Drawings", January 12, 1966 - February 13, 1966 
David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston 1961-1965", November 1990 
Max Protetch Gallery, New York, NY, "Stubborn Painting: Now & Then", December 19, 1991 - January 25, 1992
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, "Coming to Life: The Figure in American Art", February 25, 1999 - June 13, 1999
Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York, NY, "Paint It With Black", June 30, 2005 - July 29, 2005
Bibliography
Berkson, Bill. "Art Chronicle." Kulchur, Autumn 1962, pp. 30–40, illus. in b&w p. 42
Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1962, cat. no. 93, illus. in b&w p. 108
Guston, Philip, Harold Rosenberg, and Jewish Museum. Philip Guston: Recent Paintings and Drawings. Introduction by Sam Hunter. Exh. cat. New York: Jewish Museum, 1965, cat. no. 5, not illus.
Philip Guston 1961–1965. Exh. cat. New York: David McKee Gallery, 1990, cat. no. 16, illus. in color plate 16
Stubborn Painting: Now & Then. Exh. cat. New York: Max Protetch Gallery, 1991, illus. in b&w
Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, No. 77 illus. in color p. 88 and mentioned in text pp. 70 and 78