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Prelude of Spring

Object Details

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.
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Artist
Hans Hofmann, American, b. Weissenburg, Germany, 1880–1966
Date
(1958)
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
50 1/4 x 84 1/4 in. (127.7 x 214 cm)
Type
Painting

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