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THE COLLECTION OF TOTO & JIM FISHER
HANS HOFMANN (1880-1966)
Atelier (Still Life: Table with White Vase)
Details
HANS HOFMANN (1880-1966)
Atelier (Still Life: Table with White Vase)
signed and dated 'Hans Hofmann 38' (lower right)
oil on panel
60 x 48 in. (152.4 x 121.9 cm.)
Painted in 1938.
Atelier (Still Life: Table with White Vase)
signed and dated 'Hans Hofmann 38' (lower right)
oil on panel
60 x 48 in. (152.4 x 121.9 cm.)
Painted in 1938.
Provenance
The artist.
Estate of the above.
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1982.
Estate of the above.
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1982.
Literature
Bennington College Alumnae Quarterly, vol. VII, no. 1, Fall 1955, p. 22, illustrated.
C. Greenberg, “New York Painting Only Yesterday,” ARTnews, vol. LVI, no. 4, Summer 1957, p. 86 (as Atelier Table with White Vase).
E. Pollet, “In the Galleries: 1930’s—New York Painting,” Arts, vol. XXXI, no. 9, June 1957, p. 56 (as Atelier Table with White Vase).
Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, vol. LV, no. 3, December 1962, p. 24, illustrated.
“Former Students,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, circa February 1964, illustrated (as Table with White Vase).
J.D. Longaker, “Hofmann Takes Mystical Bent,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, February 16, 1964, p. 4L (as Table with White Vase).
H. Hofmann, Search for the Real, and Other Essays, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967, p. 76, illustrated.
J. O’Brian, ed., Clement Greenberg: The Collected Essays and Criticism, Volume 4: Modernism with a Vengeance, 1957-1969, Chicago, Illinois, 1993, p. 24.
S. Villiger, ed., Hans Hofmann: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Volume II: Catalogue Entries 1901-1951, Burlington, 2014, p. 127, no. P208, illustrated.
C. Greenberg, “New York Painting Only Yesterday,” ARTnews, vol. LVI, no. 4, Summer 1957, p. 86 (as Atelier Table with White Vase).
E. Pollet, “In the Galleries: 1930’s—New York Painting,” Arts, vol. XXXI, no. 9, June 1957, p. 56 (as Atelier Table with White Vase).
Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, vol. LV, no. 3, December 1962, p. 24, illustrated.
“Former Students,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, circa February 1964, illustrated (as Table with White Vase).
J.D. Longaker, “Hofmann Takes Mystical Bent,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, February 16, 1964, p. 4L (as Table with White Vase).
H. Hofmann, Search for the Real, and Other Essays, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967, p. 76, illustrated.
J. O’Brian, ed., Clement Greenberg: The Collected Essays and Criticism, Volume 4: Modernism with a Vengeance, 1957-1969, Chicago, Illinois, 1993, p. 24.
S. Villiger, ed., Hans Hofmann: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Volume II: Catalogue Entries 1901-1951, Burlington, 2014, p. 127, no. P208, illustrated.
Exhibited
Andover, Massachusetts, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Hans Hofmann: Painter and Teacher, January-February 1948, p. 82, illustrated.
Bennington, Vermont, Bennington College, A Retrospective Exhibition of the Paintings of Hans Hofmann, May 1955, no. 1 (as Atelier III).
New York, Poindexter Gallery, The 30s: Painting in New York, June 1957, n.p., illustrated (as Atelier Table with White Vase).
Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Art Center, Six Decades of American Painting of the Twentieth Century, February-March 1961, no. 34 (as Still Life).
Hanover, New Hampshire, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Paintings by Hans Hofmann, November 1962.
Denver, Colorado, International House; East Lansing, Michigan, Michigan State University; Akron, Ohio, Akron Art Institute; Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana University Art Museum; Auburn, Alabama, Auburn University; Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hunter Museum of American Art; Richmond, Virginia, Carillon Richmond Artists Association; Greensboro, North Carolina, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Tampa, Florida, University of South Florida; Portland, Maine, Museum of Art; Oswego, New York, State University of New York College of Education at Oswego; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, University of North Carolina, Ackland Art Museum; Coral Gables, Florida, University of Miami, Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, Hans Hofmann and His Students, May 1963-April 1965.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute Museum of Art, Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America, 1927-1944, November 1983-September 1984, no. 74, pp. 113, 170, illustrated.
Berkeley, California, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Salem, Massachusetts, Peabody Essex Museum, Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction, February 2019-January 2020, pp. 20-22, 54, 121-123, 174, pl. 8, illustrated.
Bennington, Vermont, Bennington College, A Retrospective Exhibition of the Paintings of Hans Hofmann, May 1955, no. 1 (as Atelier III).
New York, Poindexter Gallery, The 30s: Painting in New York, June 1957, n.p., illustrated (as Atelier Table with White Vase).
Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Art Center, Six Decades of American Painting of the Twentieth Century, February-March 1961, no. 34 (as Still Life).
Hanover, New Hampshire, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Paintings by Hans Hofmann, November 1962.
Denver, Colorado, International House; East Lansing, Michigan, Michigan State University; Akron, Ohio, Akron Art Institute; Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana University Art Museum; Auburn, Alabama, Auburn University; Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hunter Museum of American Art; Richmond, Virginia, Carillon Richmond Artists Association; Greensboro, North Carolina, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Tampa, Florida, University of South Florida; Portland, Maine, Museum of Art; Oswego, New York, State University of New York College of Education at Oswego; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, University of North Carolina, Ackland Art Museum; Coral Gables, Florida, University of Miami, Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, Hans Hofmann and His Students, May 1963-April 1965.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute Museum of Art, Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America, 1927-1944, November 1983-September 1984, no. 74, pp. 113, 170, illustrated.
Berkeley, California, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Salem, Massachusetts, Peabody Essex Museum, Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction, February 2019-January 2020, pp. 20-22, 54, 121-123, 174, pl. 8, illustrated.
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