Catalogue Raisonné
P69.120
Oil on canvas
54 x 79 in.
137.2 x 200.7 cm
Signed front lower left: Philip Guston; inscribed on reverse: PHILIP GUSTON/ "RIDING AROUND" (underlined), 1969/ OIL - "54" x "79"
- Provenance
- Promised gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Exhibitions
- Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston Recent Paintings", October 17, 1970 - November 07, 1970
- Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA, "New Paintings, Philip Guston", November 14, 1970 - December 13, 1970
- La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA, "Philip Guston: Recent Work", July 31, 1971 - October 03, 1971
- XVI Bienal Internacional de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, "Philip Guston, Sus Ultimos Años", October 16, 1981 - December 20, 1981 Travelled to:
- David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston, Small Works: 1968-69", April 04, 1985 - May 04, 1985
- Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC, "Philip Guston", February 11, 1986 - April 06, 1986 Travelled to:
- New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, New York, NY, "The Great Interior", October 17, 1994 - November 15, 1994
- Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, "Philip Guston: A New Alphabet, The Late Transition", April 25, 2000 - July 30, 2000 Travelled to:
- Inverleith House, Edinburgh, Scotland, "Philip Guston (1913 - 1980): Late Paintings", July 25, 2012 - October 07, 2012
- Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, "Philip Guston - das große Spätwerk", November 06, 2013 - February 02, 2014 Travelled to:
- Hauser & Wirth, Hong Kong, "Philip Guston: A Painter's Forms, 1950-1979", May 29, 2018 - August 25, 2018
- Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY, "Philip Guston, 1969-1979", September 09, 2021 - October 30, 2021
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: What Kind of Man Am I?", May 25, 2023 - August 02, 2023
- Bibliography
- Rosenberg, Harold. "Liberation from Detachment." The New Yorker, November 7, 1970, pp. 136–41, mentioned in text p. 136, not illus.
- Philip Guston. Exh. cat. New York: Marlborough Gallery, 1970, cat. no. 10, not illus.
- Philip Guston: Recent Work. Exh. brochure. La Jolla: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 1971, cat. no. 10, not illus.
- Rosenberg, Harold. The De-Definition of Art: Action Art to Pop to Earthworks. New York: Horizon Press, 1972, mentioned in text p. 133, not illus.
- Ashton, Dore. "La Amerika de Philip Guston." Plural, February 15, 1974, pp. 47–50, illus. in b&w p. 47
- Rosenberg, Harold, and Philip Guston. "Conversations: Philip Guston and Harold Rosenberg: Guston's Recent Paintings." Boston University Journal 22, no. 3 (1974): pp. 43–58, illus. in b&w p. 52 (unpaginated)
- Ashton, Dore. Yes, but... A Critical Study of Philip Guston. New York: Viking, 1976, illus. in b&w p. 163
- Philip Guston: Sus Ultimos Anos. Exh. cat. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1981, cat. no. 2, illus. in color p. 15
- XVI Bienal de Sao Paulo. Exh. cat. São Paulo: Pavilhão Engenheiro Armando Arruda Pereira, 1981, illus. in b&w p. 210
- News (Mexico City). "Curator Gives Lecture on Guston Works Today." March 2, 1982, illus. in color p. 16
- Price, Mark. "On Display in Raleigh: Philip Guston's World Bizarre Place of Abstract Symbolism and Imagery." Fayetteville Times, May 27, 1986, section People, p. 14A, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Philip Guston. Exh. cat. Greenville: Greenville County Museum of Art, 1986, illus. in color (no page #)
- McGuigan, Cathleen. "Night Studio." Newsweek, September 26, 1988. Print, illus.
- Ashton, Dore. "That Is Not What I Meant at All: Why Philip Guston Is Not Postmodern." Arts Magazine, November 1988, pp. 67–71, mentioned in text p. 68, not illus.
- Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston by His Daughter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988, illus. in color no. 49 (following p. 146) and mentioned in text p. 148
- Ashton, Dore. A Critical Study of Philip Guston. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990, illus. in b&w p. 163
- Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston by His Daughter. 1988. Reprint, New York: Penguin, 1990, illus. in b&w no. 49 (following p. 146) and mentioned in text p. 148
- Graham-Dixon, Andrew. "Laughing in the Dark." Independent Magazine, February 23, 1991, pp. 48–52, illus. in color pp. 48-49
- Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, London: Thames and Hudson, 1991, illus. in b&w no. 49 (following p. 146) and mentioned in text p. 148
- Unger, Miles. "Philip Guston: Wrestling with the Past." Art New England, December 1994–January 1995, pp. 32–34, 71, mentioned in text p. 34, not illus.
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Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. Reprint, Boston: Da Capo Press, 1997.
, illus. in b&w no. 49 (following p. 146) and mentioned in text p. 148 - Zimmer, William. "At Yale, Three Small Exhibitions With Larger Thoughts in Mind." New York Times, June 11, 2000, section Connecticut, p. 23, illus. and mentioned in text
- Glueck, Grace. "Connecticut Covers 3 Centuries Lightly." New York Times, July 21, 2000, section Weekend, p E32, mentioned in text, not illus.
- McQuaid, Cate. "Guston's Art is Darkness Come to Light." Boston Globe, October 28, 2000, p. F5, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Weber, Joanna, Harry Cooper, and Laura Greengold. Philip Guston A New Alphabet: The Late Transition. Exh. cat. New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2000, illus. in color Plate 41
- Miller, Francine Koslow. "Philip Guston, Fogg Art Museum." Artforum, February 2001, illus. in b&w p. 155
- In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Exh. cat. Atlanta: Tinwood Books, 2002, illus. in color p. 89
- Cooper, Harry. "Recognizing Guston (In Four Slips)." October 99 (2002): pp. 96–129, mentioned in footnote 18 p. 101 and in text p. 120, not illus.
- Craig, Megan. Levinas and James: Towards a Pragmatic Phenomenology. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2010, illus. in b&w Fig. 3 p. 169, mentioned in text p. 176
- Slifkin, Robert. "Philip Guston's Return to Figuration and the "1930s Renaissance" of the 1960s." The Art Bulletin 93, no. 2 (2011): pp. 220–42, Fig. 10 illus. in b&w p. 229 and mentioned in text p. 229
- Bruce, Keith. "Between Pollock and Warhol." Herald (Glasgow, UK), July 27, 2012, section Arts, p. 19, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Pollock, David. "Philip Guston (1913–1980): Late Paintings Late Work by Renowned US Artist in Scotland for the First Time." List.co.uk, July 29, 2012. Online, illus. in color
- Hamilton, Adrian. "Philip Guston: The Hand That Rocked the Art Establishment." Independent (London), August 20, 2012, section Arts & Entertainment, pp. 44-45, illus. in color and mentioned in text p. 45
- Sooke, Alastair. "Philip Guston: Late Paintings, Inverleith House, Review; Alastair Sooke Reviews Philip Guston: Late Paintings at Inverleith House, a New Exhibition Covering the Raging and Raw Later Work of American Painter." Telegraph (London), August 21, 2012. Online, illus. in color online
- Macaulay, Matthew. "Philip Guston: Late Paintings: Rebel with a Cause; A Powerful Collection of Philip Guston's Late Works." Festival Journal, August 24, 2012. Online, illus. in color online
- Wood, Alex. "Philip Guston, Late Paintings at Inverleith House." Lothian Life, August 29, 2012. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Sadler, Mark. "Philip Guston/Mick Peter, Inverleith House/Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, UK." Frieze, November–December 2012, mentioned in text, not illus.
- James, Merlin. "Late Guston, Edinburgh." Burlington Magazine, November 2012, pp. 809–11, Fig. 85 illus. in color and mentioned in text p. 810
- Philip Guston: Late Paintings. Exh. cat. Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 2012, cat. no. 9, illus. in color (unpaginated)
- Pfeiffer, Ingrid, and Max Hollein, eds. Philip Guston Das Grosse Spatwerk/Late Works. Exh. cat. Cologne: Strzeleckibooks, 2013, illus. in color p. 33
- Slifkin, Robert. Out of Time: Philip Guston and the Refiguration of Postwar American Art. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, illus. in color plate 15
- Burnett, Craig. Philip Guston: The Studio. London: Afterall Books, 2014, illus. in color plate 4 (unpaginated) and mentioned in text pp. 14 and 67
- Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Munich: Sieveking Verlag; Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2016, illus. no. 84, illus. in color p. 204
- Bertolo, Luca. "We Need Poets, We Need Painters. Philip Guston a Venezia." Le Parole e Le Cose, September 3, 2017. Online., mentioned in text, not illus.
- Brandt, Anthony, and David Eagleman. The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World. New York: Catapult, 2017, illus. in color p. 141
- Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: Un ritratto intimo di Philip Guston. Monza: Johan & Levi, 2017, illus. in color fig. 21 (following p. 160)
- The Works. "'Cabinets of Curiosities,' Richard Serra's Drawings, Philip Guston & in the studio: CUHK Chorus's 'Bernstein in the Theatre.'" Executive production by Diana Wan. RHK31, Hongkong, June 13, 2018. Television, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Fernandez, Eduard. "Philip Guston exhibition in Hong Kong, narrated by his daughter, looks at his abstract and figurative works." South China Morning Post, June 19, 2018, International edition. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
- ArtAsiaPacific (Hong Kong). "A Painter's Forms: Interview with Musa Mayer." Blog. June 27, 2018, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Blouin ArtInfo. "Top Hong Kong Art Shows this Week: Philip Guston to Leo Villareal." August 16, 2018. Online, illus. in color
- Saltz, Jerry. "How to Be an Artist: 33 rules to take you from clueless amateur to generational talent (or at least help you live life a little more creatively)." New York, November 26–December 9, 2018, pp. 28–40, illus. in color p. 32
- Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong Issue no. 1: Philip Guston. Exh. guide. Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2018, illus. in color p. 50
- Thomas, Elly. Play and the Artist's Creative Process. New York: Routledge, 2019, illus. in color Plate 34 (no page number) and illus. in b&w Fig. 6.3 p. 159
- McGlone, Peggy. "Citing Klan and lynching images, NGA and 3 other museums postpone major Guston exhibition." Washington Post, September 25, 2020. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Reichert, Kolja. "Die Ängstlichkeit der Museen." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Frankfurt am Main), September 26, 2020. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Helmore, Edward. "Sense or censorship? Row over Klan images in Tate's postponed show." Guardian, September 27, 2020. Online, illus. in color
- Smee, Sebastian. "In postponing Guston exhibition, the National Gallery and three other museums have made a terrible mistake." Washington Post, September 27, 2020. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Emelife, Aindrea. "Philip Guston's KKK images force us to stare evil in the face--we need art like this." Guardian, September 28, 2020. Online, illus. in color
- Greenberger, Alex. "Controversial Philip Guston Show Postponement Met with Shock and Anger from the Art Community." ARTnews, September 28, 2020. Online, illus. in color
- Laari, Susanna. "Huppupäiset Ku Klux Klan -hahmot olivat liikaa: Merkittävät taidemuseot siirsivät juutalaistaiteilija Philip Gustonin odotettua näyttelyä, koska pelkäävät, että teokset lietsovat rotumellakoita." Helsingin Sanomat (Helsinki), September 28, 2020. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Ribbens, Arjen. "Kritiek op uitstel Guston-expositie om Ku Klux Klan-figuren." NRC Handelsblad (Amsterdam), September 29, 2020. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text
- Davis-Marks, Isis. "Understanding the Controversy Over Postponed Exhibition Featuring KKK Imagery: A major Philip Guston retrospective scheduled to travel to D.C., London, Houston and Boston will now take place in 2024." Smithsonianmag.com, September 29, 2020. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text
- Padtberg, Carola. "Zu langsam für die Gegenwart." Der Spiegel (Hamburg), September 29, 2020, section Kultur. Online, illus. in color
- Azimi, Roxana. "Philip Guston, peintre antiraciste, privé d'exposition." Le Monde (Paris), September 29, 2020, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Stocchi, Francesco. "Così anche l'arte (libera) s'è messa paura." Il Foglio (Rome), September 29, 2020. Online, detail illus. in color
- Hauenstein, Hanno. "Rassismus-Debatte: Philip Guston: Ist das wirklich Ku-Klux-Klan-Kunst?" Berliner Zeitung., September 29, 2020. Online, illus. in color
- Smee, Sebastian. "A stunningly misguided decision by four museums." Washington Post, September 29, 2020, pp. C1-C2, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Smee, Sebastian. "Ford Foundation's president is apologizing for the wrong thing." Washington Post, October 1, 2020. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Harvey, Chris. "Art galleries shouldn't be afraid of 'evil' symbols – the public don't need nannying: Tate's 'postponement' of a major Philip Guston show is astonishing. To depict hate is not to endorse it, and viewers are not fools." Telegraph (London), October 1, 2020. Online, illus. in color
- Holland, Oscar. "Artists slam decision to postpone exhibition of Philip Guston's KKK paintings." CNN style, October 1, 2020. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Woeller, Marcus. "Diese Klan-Kapuzen zwingen vier große Museen zum Offenbarungseid." Die Welt (Berlin), October 1, 2020. Online, detail illus. in color
- Adams, Alexander. "By postponing an exhibition featuring paintings of KKK figures, senseless censors are devaluing art." RT, October 1, 2020. Online, detail illus. in color
- Trouillot, Terence. "Artists Speak against the Postponement of 'Philip Guston Now.'" Frieze, October 2, 2020. Online, detail illus. in color
- Charlesworth, J.J. "Philip Guston's KKK Paintings Must Be Shown - But Not as Pawns in the Culture Wars." ArtReview (London), October 2, 2020. Online, illus. in color
- Marmer, Jake. "The Artist Formerly Known as Guston." Tablet, October 2, 2020. Online, illus. in color
- Vissière, Hélène. "Peinture: Philip Guston, le Ku Klux Klan et la censure: La rétrospective consacrée au peintre Philip Guston est reportée car certaines de ses toiles représentent des hommes avec des cagoules blanches. Le monde de l'art est en émoi." Le Point (Paris), October 3, 2020. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Hauenstein, Hanno. "Zu Philip Guston: 'Bilder des KKK zu verstecken, wird nicht helfen'." Berliner Zeitung (Berlin), October 3, 2020. Online, illus. in color
- Cruz, Pedro Alberto. "Prohibido ser antirracista." La Razón (Madrid), October 3, 2020. Online, illus. in color
- Spaaij, Zoë. "Philip Guston-expositie in Washington uitgesteld wegens het ontbreken van zwarte curatoren." de Volkskrant (Amsterdam), October 5, 2020. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo and mentioned in text
- Taylor, Kate. "Philip Guston's satirical KKK paintings are a hard sell for museums in the age of social media." The Globe and Mail (Toronto), October 6, 2020. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Armstrong, Robert. "Philip Guston and the case for dangerous art." Financial Times (London), October 8, 2020. Online, illus. in color
- Davis, Ben. "The Strongest Reactions to the Philip Guston Show's Postponement Miss Two Key Points. Here's What They Are -- and Why They Matter." artnet News, October 15, 2020. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Karan. "Art Community Backlash At Controversial Philip Guston Postponement." The Art Insider, October 20, 2020. Online, detail illus. in color
- Pines, Sarah. "Gelten in den USA bald alle weissen Künstler als Rassisten?: Der identitäre Ansatz greift nun auch auf Ausstellungsebene. Soeben wurde eine Retrospektive zu Philip Guston aufgrund seiner Ku-Klux-Klan-Bilder abgesagt und mit fadenscheinigen Argumenten auf 2024 verschoben." Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Zurich), October 26, 2020. Online, illus. in color
- van Huut, Thomas. "Is er tussen 'safe space' en 'vrijplaats' nog ruimte voor kunst?" NRC Handelsblad (Amsterdam), October 28, 2020. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
- Lang, Colin. "Falling Out: There's No Place Like America Today." Spike, October 28, 2020. Online., illus. in color
- Holmes, Helen. "A Tate Curator Was Suspended for Condemning the Delay of the Philip Guston Exhibition." Observer (London), October 29, 2020. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Troncy, Éric. "Philip Guston L'Art De Se Réinventer." Numéro, November 2020, illus. in color
- Mcllhagga, Samuel. "Philip Guston's Controversial Embrace of Figuration Still Shapes His Market." Artsy, November 3, 2020. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Cascone, Sarah. "The Postponed Philip Guston Show Will Now Open in 2022 With New Contributions From Artists and Historians." artnet News, November 5, 2020. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Gay, Malcolm. "After backlash, MFA director vows to 'get this right' with Philip Guston show." Boston Globe, November 5, 2020. Online, illus. in color
- Lawrence, Ben. "The arts have become a toxic battleground." Telegraph (London), November 5, 2020. Online, illus. in color
- Durón, Maximilíano. "Embattled Philip Guston Exhibition Gets New Itinerary, Beginning in Boston in 2022." ARTnews, November 6, 2020. Online, illus. in color
- Chaliakopoulos, Antonis. "Controversial Philip Guston Exhibition Due to Open In 2022." The Collector.com, November 6, 2020. Online, illus. in color
- Gay, Malcolm. "MFA director vows to 'get this right' with Philip Guston show." Boston Globe, November 8, 2020, pp. N1, N4, illus. in color p. N4
- Grady, Constance. "If museums want to diversify, they'll have to change. A lot." New York Magazine, November 12, 2020. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Milliyet (Istanbul). "Guston'un sergisi sanat dünyasını ikiye böldü." November 14, 2020. Online, detail illus. in color
- Hauglid, Espen. "Kunstens paradoksale sprengkraft blir synlig i en utsatt utstilling med en kunstner som for lengst er død." Morgenbladet (Oslo), November 15, 2020. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Troncy, Eric. "Polémique: pourquoi la rétrospective Philip Guston fait-elle scandale ?" Numéro (Paris), November 19, 2020. Online., illus. in color
- Sooke, Alastair. "2020 in art: a year of toppled statues and spineless virtue-signalling." Telegraph (London), December 12, 2020. Online, illus. in color
- Storr, Robert. Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, illus. in b&w p. 319 as part of an installation photo
- Lehmann, Harry. "Kunst, Freiheit, Moral." Lettre International, Winter 2021, pp. 24-33, illus. in color p. 24
- Whyte, Murray. "What museums can learn from Philip Guston and his frank take on 'white culpability'." Boston Globe, January 6, 2021. Online, illus. in color
- Whyte, Murray. "What museums can learn from Philip Guston and his frank take on 'white culpability'." Boston Sunday Globe, January 10, 2021, p. N3, illus. in color
- Smee, Sebastian. "Philip Guston's art speaks to our present moment. We shouldn't have to wait to see it." Washington Post, January 14, 2021. Online, illus. in color
- Pobric, Pac. "Art Critic Robert Storr Has Never Been Afraid to Make Enemies. As He Releases a New Book of Essays, He's Still Pulling No Punches." artnet News, January 20, 2021. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
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Smith, Roberta. "After the Storm, Philip Guston for Real." The New York Times, September 9, 2021. Online.
, illus. in color as part of an installation photo - Whyte, Murray. "How do you contextualize an artist who captured hate?" Boston Globe, September 16, 2021. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Chui, Vivian. "Philip Guston's Most Controversial Decade of Work." Ocula, September 22, 2021. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Novick, Ilana. "Controversial Philip Guston Paintings at Hauser & Wirth." Art & Object (Chapel Hill, NC), October 4, 2021. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Baker, R.C. "Tragicomic Soothsayer: Philip Guston Rides Again." Village Voice, October 22, 2021. Online., illus. in color
- Schor, Mira. "Philip Guston." 4Columns, October 22, 2021. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Sereni, Matilda. "10 mostre da non perdere nel 2022 dall'Europa agli U.S.A." ArtsLife (Milan), January 14, 2022. Online, illus. in color
- Ribbens, Arjen. "Omstreden Philip Guston-expositie toch geopend – mét waarschuwingsbordje." NRC Handelsblad (Amsterdam), May 3, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
- Tucci, Amanda. "Exposição de Philip Guston é finalmente inaugurada em Boston." Arte Que Acontece (São Paulo), May 5, 2022. Online, detail illus. in color
- Smith, Stephen. "I Paint What I Want to See by Philip Guston review--notes from the 'cancelled' artist who painted the Ku Klux Klan." Times (London), May 17, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Romain, Michael. "Stray thoughts after a storm." Wednesday Journal (Oak Park, IL), June 21, 2022. Online, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Romain, Michael. "Stray thoughts after a storm." Wednesday Journal (Oak Park, IL), June 22, 2022, p. 3, mentioned in text, not illus.
- Emelife, Aindrea. A Brief History of Protest Art. London: Tate, 2022, illus. in color p. 46 and mentioned in text pp. 16-18
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Naves, Mario. "The Art World Recovers From Its Guston Derangement Syndrome." New York Sun, May 29, 2023. Online.
, mentioned in text, not illus. - Ledwith, Mario. "Tate Modern must not be afraid of difficult work, says curator." Times (London), August 27, 2023. Online, illus. in color
- Ledwith, Mario. "We must not shy away from difficult art, insists curator." Times (London), August 28, 2023, p. 3, illus. in color
- Barber, Tiffany E. and Joan Choi. "White Hoods, White Masks." Tate Etc., Issue 60, Winter 2023, pp. 78-83, illus. in color pp. 10 and 84-85
- Mayer, Musa. Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston. 1988. Reprint, Zurich: Hauser & Wirth, 2023, illus. no. 84, illus. in color p. 204
