To J.F.K.: A Thousand Roots Did Die with Thee

Date
Artist
Hans Hofmann, American, b. Weissenburg, Germany, 1880–1966
Provenance
Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, New York
Leigh B. and Mary Block, Chicago, to 14 October 1976
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leigh B. Block, Chicago, 1976
Exhibition History
KOOTZ GALLERY, New York. "Hans Hofmann at Kootz," 1-26 February 1966.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Golden Door: Artist-Immigrants of America, 1876-1976," 20 May-20 October 1976, no. 115, ill. p. 263.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Acquisitions: 1974-1977," 25 March-24 July 1977, unnumbered checklist.
STADTISCHE GALERIE IM LENBACHHAUS, Munich. "Hans Hofmann," 23 April-29 June 1997, no. 19, color ill. TOUR: SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE, Frankfurt, 12 September-2 November.
BRUCE MUSEUM, Greenwich, Connecticut. "JFK and Art," 20 September 2003-11 January 2004, p. 112, ill. p. 113. TOUR: NORTON MUSEUM OF ART, Palm Beach, Florida, 7 February-2 May.
Published References
ROSE, BARBARA. "New York Letter," Art International VIII/3 (25 April 1964), p. 55.
GOLD, BARBARA. "Hirshhorn Museum Shows How It's Doing," Baltimore Sun (27 March 1977), n.p.
LAWRENCE, SIDNEY. "Hirshhorn Opens New Acquisitions Exhibition," Smithsonian Torch (1977), p. 8.
ZILCZER, JUDITH. "Identifying Willem De Kooning's 'Reclining Man'," American Art 12/2 (Summer 1998), p. 33; fig. 10, p. 34.
KERTESS, KLAUS, ALEXANDER NEMEROV, SHEPHERD F. STEINER, and DIANE UPRIGHT. Morris Louis Now: An American Master Revisited (Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 2006), pp. 26-27, fig. 17.
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School
Formalist Abstraction
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leigh B. Block, Chicago, 1976
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
76.125
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
60 x 72 in. (152.4 x 182.8 cm)