PHILLIP GUSTON: RETROSPECTIVE, edited by Michael Auping

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 2003, First edition, 271 pp., Hardcover

As new (still in publisher's shrink wrap)

This book, the most comprehensive survey of Guston's art to date, was published on the occasion of a major international exhibition. It brings together the varied bodies of the artist's work, exposing the connective threads between each of his developmental stages. In-depth essays by a noted group of critics and art historians explore Guston's early influences and the emergence of symbols that resurfaced and played prominent roles in his late work. They provide insight into Guston's philosophy regarding abstraction, his role within its development, and the social and art historical context from which his so-called "Klan" paintings emerged. In addition, one of Guston's own essays on art and innovation is reprinted.
Also included are selections of drawings that act as both prelude and restatement at each stage of the artist's career; a number of works from Guston's Estate that have never been exhibited before and that shed new light on his development; an extensive illustrated chronology of the artist's life and career; and a comprehensive bibliography.

Essays by Dore Ashton, Michael Auping, Bill Berkson, Andrew Graham-Dixon, Philip Guston, Joseph Rishel and Michael Shapiro.