Artist:

Hans Hofmann, American, b. Weissenburg, Germany, 1880–1966  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

60 1/4 x 48 in. (152.7 x 121.9 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1958

Provenance:

Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, New York, to 24 January 1959

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 24 January 1959-17 May 1966

Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

Exhibition History:

KOOTZ GALLERY, New York. "Hans Hofmann: Paintings of 1958," 6-31 January 1959, cat., ill.

CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM, Houston. "The Romantic Agony: From Goya to De Kooning," 23 April-31 May 1959, ill. p. 21.

FRANKISCHE GALERIE AM MARIENTOR, Nuremberg. "Hans Hofmann Retrospective," 8 April-6 May 1962, no. 59. TOUR: KUNSTVEREIN, Cologne, 26 May-July; KONGRESSEHALLE, Berlin, October-November; STADTISCHE GALERIE, Munich, December-January 1963.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, colorpl. 739, p. 501; p. 702.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Fifties: Aspects of Painting in New York," 22 May-21 September 1980, no. 53, ill. p. 96.

THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, DC. Extended temporary loan, from 18 May 1981. Returned [date unknown].

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Manifesto: Art x Agency," 15 June 2019-31 January 2020.

Published References:

SAWIN, MARTICA. "In the Galleries: Hans Hofmann," Arts XXXIII/5 (February 1959), p. 56.

HUNTER, SAM. Hans Hoffman (New York: Abrams, 1963), colorpl. 86.

LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), colorpl. 739, p. 501; p. 702.

HANHISALO, JUDITH EVANS. Enjoying Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and the Decorative Arts (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1983), fig. 120, p. 165.

UNSIGNED. Invitation, Fifth Annual Beaux Arts Masked Ball "Fire and Ice," John's Island Beach Club, Vero Beach (Washington, DC: Center for the Arts, 1984), ill.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. The Sea: The Smithsonian Engagement Calendar for 1985 (New York: Universe, 1984), in "May."

BRITSCH, RALPH A. and TODD A. BRITSCH. The Arts in Western Culture (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985), fig. 16-29, p. 419.

GOODMAN, CYNTHIA. Hans Hofmann (New York: Abbeville Press, 1986).

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

Accession Number:

66.2480

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School:

Formalist Abstraction

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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