Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): PHILLIP/GOLDSTEIN/1935
the artist, Woodstock, N. Y. (1935–d. 1980); his widow, Musa Guston, Woodstock, N. Y. (1980–d. 1992); their daughter, Musa Guston Mayer, New York (from 1992; her promised gift to MMA)
Los Angeles. Foundation of Western Art. "Regional Group Exhibition San Francisco Painters and Sculptors and Second Annual Exhibition California Figure Painters," April 1–May 31, 1935, no. 33.
Oakland Museum of California. "Pacific Dreams: Currents of Surrealism and Fantasy in California Art, 1934–1957," February 25–June 11, 1995, no. 40 (as "Nude Philosopher in Space Time," lent by the Estate of Philip Guston, New York; courtesy McKee Gallery, New York).
Los Angeles. UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center. "Pacific Dreams: Currents of Surrealism and Fantasy in California Art, 1934–1957," July 11–September 17, 1995, no. 40.
Logan. Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University. "Pacific Dreams: Currents of Surrealism and Fantasy in California Art, 1934–1957," October 10–December 11, 1995, no. 40.
Pasadena Museum of California Art. "Post Surrealism," June 1–September 1, 2002, unnumbered cat. (as "Nude Philosopher in Space Time," lent by the estate of Philip Guston; Private Collection, courtesy McKee Gallery, New York).
Logan. Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University. "Post Surrealism," October 11, 2002–January 24, 2003, unnumbered cat.
New York. National Academy Museum. "Surrealism USA," February 17–May 8, 2005, unnumbered cat. (pl. 30; as "Nude Philosopher in Space Time," lent by the Estate of Philip Guston, courtesy McKee Gallery, New York).
Phoenix Art Museum. "Surrealism USA," June 5–September 25, 2005, unnumbered cat.
Santa Monica Museum of Art. "Enigma Variations: Philip Guston and Giorgio de Chirico," September 9–November 25, 2006, unnumbered cat. (pl. 6; as "Nude Philosopher in Space Time," lent by a private collection).
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Philip Guston Now," May 1–September 11, 2022, unnumbered cat. (pl. 6; lent by a private collection).
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "Philip Guston Now," October 23, 2022–January 15, 2023, unnumbered cat.
Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art. "Philip Guston Now," March 2–August 27, 2023, unnumbered cat.
Glens Falls, N.Y. Hyde Collection. "A Long Affair: Surrealism 1924 to Now," June 22–September 15, 2024, no catalogue.
Arthur Millier. "Brush Strokes." Los Angeles Times (April 7, 1935), p. 9.
Henry T. Hopkins inPacific Dreams: Currents of Surrealism and Fantasy in California Art, 1934–1957. Ed. Susan Ehrlich. Exh. cat., Oakland Museum of California. Los Angeles, 1995, pp. 110, 192, no. 40, ill. p. 111.
Michael Duncan. Post Surrealism. Exh. cat., Pasadena Museum of California Art. Logan, Ut., 2002, pp. 9, 45, ill. n.p. (color).
Michael Duncan inSurrealism USA. Exh. cat., National Academy Museum, New York. Ostfildern-Ruit, 2004, pp. 39, 187, colorpl. 30.
Lisa Melandri inEnigma Variations: Philip Guston and Giorgio de Chirico. Exh. cat., Santa Monica Museum of Art. Santa Monica, 2006, pp. 13, 64, colorpl. 6.
Michael R. Taylor inEnigma Variations: Philip Guston and Giorgio de Chirico. Exh. cat., Santa Monica Museum of Art. Santa Monica, 2006, p. 19.
Tom Allen. "The Soothsayer’s Recompense." X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly 9 (Summer 2007), p. 35, calls it "Nude Philosopher In Space Time".
Michael Taylor inGiorgio de Chirico: La fabrique des rêves. Exh. cat., Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Paris, 2009, p. 255, fig. 3, calls it "Nude Philosopher in Space Time".
Robert Slifkin. "Philip Guston's Return to Figuration and the '1930s Renaissance' of the 1960s." Art Bulletin 93 (June 2011), p. 239 n. 8, calls it "Nude Philosopher in Space Time".
Andrew Russeth. "National Gallery of Art Plans 2020 Traveling Philip Guston Retrospective." artnews.com. June 27, 2019, ill. (color), calls it "Nude Philosopher in Space".
Robert Storr. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London, 2020, p. 13, no. 1, ill. p. 12 (color).
Harry Cooper inPhilip Guston Now. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Washington, D.C., 2020, pp. 10–11, colorpl. 6.
Paul Laster. "Philip Guston: A Life Lived Through Art." artandobject.com. July 21, 2020.
Alison de Lima Greene inPhilip Guston Now. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Washington, D.C., 2020, p. 184.
A. R. Hoffman. "Guston: A Genius Beyond Controversy." nysun.com. May 7, 2022, calls it "Nude Philosopher in Spacetime".
Murray Whyte. "Guston Show Gives New Entry Points—And Exits." Boston Sunday Globe (May 1, 2022), p. N2.
Elizabeth Michelman. "Philip Guston's True Colors at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston." artscopemagazine.com. August 9, 2022.
Phong Bui. "Philip Guston Now—A Personal Meditation." brooklynrail.org. May 2023, ill. (color).
Gareth Harris. "Postponed Philip Guston Survey Finally Opens at Tate Modern." theartnewspaper.com. October 3, 2023.
Ernest Chlopicki. "Review: Philip Guston at Tate Modern." strandmagazine.co.uk. October 6, 2023.
Briana Thomas. "10 Great Things to Do Around DC This February." washingtonian.com. January 27, 2023, ill. (color).
Mark Jenkins. "At the National Gallery's Philip Guston Show, Lots to Unpack." washingtonpost.com. April 18, 2023, ill. (color).
"Philip Guston's Major Retrospective Opens in Washington D.C." ocula.com. March 2, 2023, ill. (color).
Clark Coolidge, ed. Que peindre sinon l'énigme. Philip Guston: Écrits, conférences et entretiens, 1944–1980. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 2010]). [Strasbourg], 2023, fig. 37 (color, installation photo, Exh. Houston 2022–23).
Matthew Holman. "The Big Review: Philip Guston." Art Newspaper no. 361 (November 2023), p. 62.
Steve DiBenedetto in "Reflections on 'Philip Guston Now'." brooklynrail.org. June 2023, ill. (color).
Joe Lloyd. "Philip Guston: This Straight-Laced, Work-Focused Retrospective Affirms Philip Guston’s Place as One of the 20th Century’s Finest Painters." studiointernational.com. October 19, 2023.
Hettie Judah. "Philip Guston, Tate Modern, Review: Outstanding Paintings of Crisis, Violence, and Injustice." inews.co.uk. October 21, 2023, calls it "Nude Philosopher in Space Time".
Matthew Holman. "Guston: antirazzista e contro la guerra, condanna i criminali umanizzandoli." ilgiornaledellarte.com. December 22, 2023.
Irene Luzi. "Philip Guston alla Tate Modern, con più di 100 opere. Le immagini della mostra." artslife.com. October 5, 2023, ill. (color, installation photo, Exh. London 2023–24).
The Guston Foundation, ed. Catalogue Raisonné. Online resource [gustoncrllc.org/home/catalogue_raisonne], 2024–25 (accessed), no. P35.007, ill. (color).
Jo Lawson-Tancred. "A Long-Delayed Retrospective of Philip Guston’s Acerbic Paintings Finally Opens in London." news.artnet.com. January 2, 2024, ill. (color, installation photo, Exh. London 2023–24).
William Jaeger. "The Hyde Has an Exhibit That’s Totally Surreal–and Not to be Missed." timesunion.com. July 2, 2024, ill. (color).
"A Long Affair: Surrealism 1924 to Now." alminerech.com. Summer 2024, ill. (color, installation photo, Exh. Glens Falls 2024).
Philip Guston (American (born Canada), Montreal 1913–1980 Woodstock, New York)
1936
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