Flowering Swamp
Date
1957
Artist
Hans Hofmann, American, b. Weissenburg, Germany, 1880–1966
Provenance
Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, New York, to 1 February 1958
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1 February 1958-17 May 1966
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Exhibition History
KOOTZ GALLERY, New York. "Hans Hofmann," 7-25 January 1958, no. 14, ill.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, New York (organizer). "Ten Modern Masters of American Art: 30 Works Selected from The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," no. 15. TOUR: COE COLLEGE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1-21 January 1959; QUINCY ART CLUB, Quincy, Illinois, 2-22 February; DES MOINES ART CENTER, Iowa, 6-26 March; E. B. CROCKER GALLERY, Sacramento, 8-28 April; NASHVILLE ARTISTS' GUILD, 10-30 May; ROANOKE FINE ARTS CENTER, Virginia, 15 June-15 July; TIME, INC., New York, 28 July-17 August; COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART, South Carolina, 1-21 September; JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, Omaha, 5-25 October; WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON GALLERY OF ART, Kansas City, Missouri, 4-24 November; FORT LAUDERDALE ART CENTER, Florida, 7-27 December; JOHN HERRON ART INSTITUTE, Indianapolis, 10-30 January 1960.
FRANKISCHE GALERIE AM MARIENTOR, Nuremberg. "Hans Hofmann Retrospective," 8 April-6 May 1962, no. 42. TOUR: KUNSTVEREIN, Cologne, 26 May-July; KONGRESSEHALLE, Berlin, October-November; STADTISCHE GALERIE, Munich, December-January 1963.
JOSELOFF GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD, West Hartford, Connecticut. "The Arts in Society," 8 November-4 December 1964, no. 26, ill.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, colorpl. 738, p. 501; p. 702.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Hans Hofmann: A Retrospective Exhibition," 14 October 1976-2 January 1977, no. 34, ill. p. 76. Tour: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, 4 February-3 April.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Fifties: Aspects of Painting in New York," 22 May-21 September 1980, no. 47, ill. p. 90.
TATE GALLERY, London. "Hans Hofmann: Late Paintings," 2 March-1 May 1988, cover (color detail).
MUSEUM PFALZGALERIE KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany. “Hans Hofmann: Magnum Opus,” 9 March-16 June 2013.
Published References
HUNTER, SAM. Hans Hofmann (New York: Abrams, 1963), ill. 69.
UNSIGNED. Art International II/1 (1958), pp. 55-56.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), colorpl. 738, p. 501; p. 702.
BANNARD, WALTER DARBY. Hans Hofmann (Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1976), p. 18.
ZELLMAN, MICHAEL DAVID. American Art Analog--Volume III: 1874-1930 (New York: Chelsea House Publishers/American Art Analog, 1986), ill. p. 811.
HOBBS, JACK and RICHARD SALOME. The Visual Experience (Worcester, Massachusetts: Davis Publications, 1995), fig. 7-28, p. 89.
HOBBS, JACK A. and JEAN C. RUSH. Teaching Children Art (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1997), fig. 14-17, p. 244.
CHEVRIER, JEAN-FRANCOIS, et al. Teruko Yokoi: Tokyo--New York--Paris--Bern (Hatje Cantz, 2020), color ill. p. 149.
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School
Formalist Abstraction
On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.2482
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
48 1/8 x 36 1/8 in. (122 x 91.5 cm)