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Philip Guston

Philip Guston

1913–1980

WA-00003925

Montreal, QC, Canada

FigurationRenaissance

Representation

None documented

21

Institutional Exhibitions

172

Works in Collection

307

Assets Indexed

13

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

No influence edges encoded yet.

Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ701952

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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No image

Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

No image

The Drawings of Philip Guston

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

No image

Drawing since 1940

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

No image

American Prints, 1960�1985

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

No image

Reinstallation of the Painting and Sculpture Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

No image

Drawings Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

No image

Contemporary Works from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

No image

Tatyana Grosman Gallery Inaugural Installation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

No image

Philip Johnson: Selected Gifts

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

No image

Contemporary Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984–1985

No image

The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983–1984

No image

Some Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

Field Verification (7 fields)

4 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%
BiographyGallery Generic + Unknown· 72%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (6)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/philip-guston
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/philip-guston
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
White-Cubehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/philip-guston
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/philip-guston
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2419
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Paula-Cooper
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Philip Guston yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Figuration

Medium

—

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (172)

Remains from Eight Lithographs to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, Inc.

Remains from Eight Lithographs to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, Inc.

1981 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs

composition (irreg.): 19 5/8 x 29 13/16" (49.8 x 75.7 cm); sheet: 19 13/16 x 29 13/16" (50.3 x 75.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Painter

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 813 x 1079 mm

Gulf

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 812 x 1080 mm

Studio Forms

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 813 x 1080 mm

Sky

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 517 x 785 mm

Sea Group

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 815 x 1085 mm

Easel

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 510 x 765 mm

Objects

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 501 x 760 mm

Pile Up

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 505 x 759 mm

View

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 760 x 1080 mm

Shoes

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 496 x 739 mm

Scene

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 510 x 755 mm

Group

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 750 x 494 mm

Curtain

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 790 x 1030 mm

Agean

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 827 x 1080 mm

Studio Corner

1980 · Lithograph on paper

support: 815 x 1080 mm

Coat

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 604 x 959 mm

Elements

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 679 x 990 mm

Car

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 463 x 762 mm

Summer

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 464 x 730 mm

Room

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 730 x 1016 mm

Rug

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 495 x 736 mm

East Side

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 762 x 1010 mm

Door

1980 · Lithograph on paper

image: 495 x 749 mm

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Artwork sources (6)

172 published of 272 catalogued · 253 with image

MoMA
100 publishedof 200 catalogued191 img
Tate
44 published44 img
Art Institute Chicago
18 published18 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
6 published
The Met
2 published
Whitney
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

5 entries · 1 sources

Title Page
1966 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Rug
1980 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Sky
1980 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Curtain
1980 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Elements
1980 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

29 assets

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Couple in Bed (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Couple in Bed (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Couple in Bed (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Couple in Bed (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Philip Guston (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Couple in Bed (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Couple in Bed (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

9

Movements2

Figuration Renaissance

Collections7

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tate Whitney Museum of American Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Tate

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

Otis College of Art and Design

Visual Arts

Manual Arts High School

Visual Arts