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Prelude of Spring

Hirshhorn

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Object Details

Artist

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

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.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, New York (organizer). "Paintings from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation Collection: A View of the Protean Century," no. 37. TOUR: M. KNOEDLER & CO., New York, 31 October-24 November 1962; CURRIER GALLERY OF ART, Manchester, New Hampshire, 16 December-12 January 1963; CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, Pittsburgh, 30 January-26 February; EVANSVILLE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, Indiana, 16 March-12 April; MUNSON-WILLIAMS PROCTOR INSTITUTE, Utica, New York, 30 April-27 May; J. B. SPEED ART MUSEUM, Louisville, 13 June-10 July; MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS, 30 July-25 August; SEATTLE ART MUSEUM,11 September-8 October; SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, 26 October-23 November; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ART CENTER, 11 December-7 January 1964; DALLAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 26 January-23 February; OKLAHOMA ART CENTER, Oklahoma City, 12 March-8 April; BROOKS MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, Memphis, 25 April-23 May; ATLANTA ART ASSOCIATION, 10 June-7 July; SAGINAW ART MUSEUM, Michigan, 25 July-22 August; MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 8 September-6 October; ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM, Pennsylvania, 24 October-21 November; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, 9 December-10 January 1965; BROOKLYN MUSEUM, New York, 8 February-5 April.
STADTISCHE GALERIE IM LENBACHHAUS, Munich. "Hans Hofmann," 23 April-29 June 1997, no. 5, color ill. TOUR: SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE, Frankfurt, 12 September-2 November.
NAPLES MUSEUM OF ART, Naples, Florida. "Hans Hofmann: Fifty Years," 1 November 2003-21 March 2004.

Published References

GREENBERG, CLEMENT. "Hans Hofmann: Grand Old Rebel," Art News LVII/9 (January 1959), p. 29, ill. p. 27.
HUNTER, SAM. Hans Hofmann (New York: Abrams, 1963), ill. 95.

Credit Line

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

Date

(1958)

Accession Number

66.2479

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

50 1/4 x 84 1/4 in. (127.7 x 214 cm)

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

School

Formalist Abstraction

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py25a94526c-7691-4719-88fc-9e829af0685a

Record ID

hmsg_66.2479

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