1981
Clark, John. "Philip Guston and Metaphysical Painting." Artscribe, August 1981, pp. 22–25.
Hughes, Robert. "Reflections in a Bloodshot Eye." Time, August 3, 1981.
Hill, Andrea. "No Picnic: Philip Guston at the Whitney." Artscribe, August 1981, pp. 19–21.
Baker, Kenneth. "Modern Metamorphosis: A Guston Retrospective at the Whitney." Boston Phoenix, August 4, 1981, p. 9.
Purchase, Steve. "Philip Guston: A Major Retrospective at the Whitney." Baltimore Evening Sun, August 6, 1981, p. 11.
Wolff, Theodore F. "An Artist Who Took a Turn from Realism." Philadelphia Inquirer, August 9, 1981.
Wolff, Theodore F. "Retrospective Documents A Journey Through Styles." Palm Beach Post, August 22, 1981, p. B4.
Hanson, Bernard. "Guston's Fine Lines and Gray Areas." Hartford Courant, August 23, 1981, p. G2.
Helfer, Judith. "Philip Guston: Ruckblick auf funfzig Arbeitsjahre." Aufbau, August 28, 1981, p. 14.
Pittsburgh Press. "Philip Guston's Art Exhibited At Museum." October 21, 1981.
Glenn, Constance W. "The Collectors: Contemporary Art." Architectural Digest, November 1981.
"Acquisitions of American Art (1776–1980) by British and American Museums: Supplement." Burlington Magazine 123 (1981): pp. 713–14.
Roud, Richard. "Art of U.S. Imperialism?" Guardian, November 16, 1981, p. 11.
Horizon Magazine. "Grabbing for Guston." December 1981.
Spike, John T. "New York. Whitney Museum of American Art." Burlington Magazine 123, no. 945 (1981): pp. 770–73.
XVI Bienal de Sao Paulo. Exh. cat. São Paulo: Pavilhão Engenheiro Armando Arruda Pereira, 1981.
Philip Guston. 2. Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1981.
Burke, Margaret R., ed. Handbook of the Collections. Brunswick: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1981.
The Image in American Painting & Sculpture 1950-1980. Exh. cat. Akron: Akron Art Museum, 1981.
Illustrated Checklist of the Collection, Washington University Gallery of Art. St. Louis: Washington University Gallery of Art, 1981.
Contemporary Drawings: In Search of an Image. Exh. cat. Santa Barbara: University Art Museum, 1981.
Alley, Ronald. Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art Other than Works by British Artists. London: Tate Gallery, 1981. Published in association with Sotheby Parke-Bernet.
Selz, Peter. Art in Our Times: A Pictorial History 1890–1980. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1981.
CIBA-GEIGY Collects: Aspects of Abstraction. Exh. cat. Houston: Rice University, 1981.
