Inscription: Signed and dated (lower left center): Philip Guston/'75
the artist, Woodstock, N. Y. (from 1975); [David McKee Gallery, New York, until 1978; sold in 1978 to Anderson]; Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson, Los Angeles (1978–his d. 2018; sale, Christie's, New York, November 16, 2018, no. 602; sold to Mayer); Philip Guston's daughter, Musa Guston Mayer, New York (from 2018; her promised gift to MMA)
New York. David McKee Gallery. "Philip Guston: Drawings 1947–1977," October 3–November 4, 1978, no. 48.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. "Philip Guston," May 16–June 29, 1980, no. 62 (lent by Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Anderson, Atherton, California).
Washington, D. C. Corcoran Gallery of Art. "Philip Guston," July 20–September 9, 1980, no. 62.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. "Philip Guston," November 12, 1980–January 11, 1981, no. 62.
Denver Art Museum. "Philip Guston," February 25–April 26, 1981, no. 62.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Philip Guston," June 24–September 13, 1981, no. 62.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "The Drawings of Philip Guston," September 8–November 1, 1988, no. 120 (lent by Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Anderson).
Amsterdam. Museum Overholland. "Philip Guston (The Drawings of Philip Guston)," January 14–March 12, 1989, no. 120.
Barcelona. Centre Cultural de la Fundació Caixa de Pensions. "Dibuixos: Philip Guston," March 30–May 14, 1989, no. 120.
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. "The Drawings of Philip Guston," May 28–July 23, 1989, no. 120.
Dublin. Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College. "The Drawings of Philip Guston," August 9–September 16, 1989, no. 120.
Rome. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. "Philip Guston: Opere Su Carta 1933–1980," October 11–November 26, 1989, no. 96 (lent by Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Anderson).
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. "Celebrating Modern Art: The Anderson Collection," October 7–January 15, 2001, no. 110.
Humlebaek. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. "Philip Guston Late Works," June 4–September 7, 2014.
Stanford, Calif. Anderson Collection at Stanford University. "Salon Style: Collected Marks on Paper," March 8–August 20, 2018, no catalogue.
Michael Auping inCelebrating Modern Art: The Anderson Collection. Exh. cat., San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Berkeley, , pp. 58–59, 367, 186, no. 110, fig. 32 (color).
Nicholas Serota, ed. Philip Guston: Paintings 1969–1980. Exh. cat., Whitechapel Art Gallery. London, 1982, ill. p. 62, calls it "Study for Web".
Robert Storr. Philip Guston. New York, 1986, fig. 86.
Magdalena Dabrowski. The Drawings of Philip Guston. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1988, pp. 39, 175, no. 120, ill. p. 143.
Marjorie Welish. "I Confess: The Drawings of Philip Guston." Arts Magazine 63 (November 1988), ill. p. 46.
Kenneth Baker. "A Giant Emerges: Philip Guston's Riveting Drawings Surge With Power and Mystery." San Francisco Chronicle (October 2, 1988), ill. p. 16.
Edward J. Sozanski. "2 Exhibits Show Provocative Side of Philip Guston." Philadelphia Inquirer (October 19, 1988), ill. p. 5-E.
Kevin Volans. "Philip Guston, Douglas Hyde Gallery Dublin, 9 August–16 September." Circa no. 48 (November–December 1989), p. 40.
Francisco Calvo Serraller in Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Philip Guston: Retrospectiva de Pintura. Exh. cat.[Madrid], 1989, ill. p. 89.
Kevin Power inPicasso, Guston, Miro, de Kooning: In vollkommener Freiheit... Paintings for Themselves: Late Works. Ed. Hanne Zech. Exh. cat., Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen. Munich, 1996, ill. p. 80.
Philip Guston (American (born Canada), Montreal 1913–1980 Woodstock, New York)
1936
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