Catalogue Raisonné

P78.028

Tomb, 1978
Oil on canvas
78⅛ x 73¾ in.
198.4 x 187.3 cm
Signed front lower right: P.G.; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "TOMB" (underlined) 1978/ 78 1/2 x 74 (underlined)/ OIL ON CANVAS
Provenance
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the A. Conger Goodyear and Elizabeth Bliss Parkinson Funds and gift of the artist
Exhibitions
David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "A Tribute to Philip Guston: Paintings and Drawings from 1950 to 1980", October 11, 1980 - November 12, 1980 
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", June 24, 1981 - September 13, 1981 
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Reinstallation of the Collection", November 19, 1981 - January 03, 1982
Whitechapel Gallery, London, England, "Philip Guston: Paintings 1969 - 1980", October 13, 1982 - December 12, 1982  Travelled to:
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Some Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture Part I", July 13, 1983 - September 27, 1983
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Selections from the Permanent Collection, Painting and Sculpture", May 17, 1984 - October 10, 1984
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Selections from the Permanent Collection, Painting and Sculpture", December 18, 1984 - December 19, 1984
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Selections from the Permanent Collection, Painting and Sculpture", March 13, 1985 - April 1987?
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Reinstallation of the Painting and Sculpture Collection", April 25, 1987 - December 01, 1987
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Works from the Collection", May 28, 1992 - July 26, 1992 
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Selections from the Permanent Collection, Painting and Sculpture", February 16, 1996 - March 13, 1996
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Selections from the Permanent Collection, Painting and Sculpture", March 15, 1996 - May 22, 1996
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Selections from the Permanent Collection, Painting and Sculpture", June 19, 1996 - June 27, 1996
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Selections from the Permanent Collection, Painting and Sculpture", September 30, 1996 - October 22, 1996
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "Selections from the Permanent Collection, Painting and Sculpture", June 03, 1997 - September 12, 1997
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, "To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum of Modern Art, New York", June 29, 2002 - September 06, 2004
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX, "The Heroic Century: The Museum of Modern Art Masterpieces, 200 Paintings and Sculptures", September 21, 2003 - January 04, 2004 Travelled to:
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France, "Being Modern: MoMA in Paris", October 11, 2017 - March 05, 2018
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Larson, Kay. "MoMA Unveils Its Treasures." New York, May 14, 1984, pp. 34–49, mentioned in text p. 48, not illus.
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