Hans Hofmann
Summer Night’s Bliss
1960
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Hans Hofmann
Summer Night’s Bliss
1960
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 84 x 78 in. (213.4 x 198.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Artist
Object Number
1961.47
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1961; the artist
Nurnberg Kunstmuseum, "Hans Hofmann Austellung 1962," no. 94, ill. p. 14; circulated to Köln, Berlin, Munich.
William C. Seitz, Museum of Modern Art, "Hans Hofmann," September 9-December 1, 1963, pl. 5, p. 45; circulated to Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo.
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "From El Greco to Pollock: Early and Late Works by European and American Artists, October 22-December 8, 1968, no. 110, ill. p. 133.
Henry Geldzahler, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "New York Paintings and Sculpture: 1940-1970," October 18 - February 1, 1970, ill. p. 175.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "20th Century Paintings and Sculpture," June 24-September 7, 1969.
Walter Darby Bannard, Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., "Hans Hofmann," October 14, 1976 - January 2,1977, no. 56, p. 41, ill. p. 35 (color) and p. 92.
Cynthia Goodman, Whitney Museum of American Art, "Hans Hofmann," June 20 - September 16, 1990; circulated to CFA, Miami and Chrysler; BMA loan to Whitney only.
William C. Seitz, Museum of Modern Art, "Hans Hofmann," September 9-December 1, 1963, pl. 5, p. 45; circulated to Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo.
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "From El Greco to Pollock: Early and Late Works by European and American Artists, October 22-December 8, 1968, no. 110, ill. p. 133.
Henry Geldzahler, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "New York Paintings and Sculpture: 1940-1970," October 18 - February 1, 1970, ill. p. 175.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "20th Century Paintings and Sculpture," June 24-September 7, 1969.
Walter Darby Bannard, Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., "Hans Hofmann," October 14, 1976 - January 2,1977, no. 56, p. 41, ill. p. 35 (color) and p. 92.
Cynthia Goodman, Whitney Museum of American Art, "Hans Hofmann," June 20 - September 16, 1990; circulated to CFA, Miami and Chrysler; BMA loan to Whitney only.
Dore Ashton, 'Summer Night's Bliss, A New Painting by Hans Hofmann,' "Baltimore Museum of Art News Quarterly," 25:3, Spring 1962, pp. 4-8, ill. cover (color) and p. 5.
Harold Rosenberg, 'Hans Hofmann and the Stability of the New,' "The New Yorker," November 2, 1963, p. 100.
Sam Hunter, "Hans Hofmann," NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1964, pl. 166.
"Art in America," March-April 1972, p. 119.
Vappa Taidekoulu, "Hans Hofmann," Helsinki: Fria Konstskolan (Free Art School), 1983, p. 48.
Goodman, Cynthia. Hans Hofmann. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art in association with Prestel-Verlag, 1990, page 141.
Kay Larson, 'All Hans on Deck,' "New York," July 23, 1990, p. 49.
DeSimone, Jamie, "Confronting the Canvas, Women of Abstraction," New York: Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 2016, pp.8, fig. 2, ill
Rosenthal, Gertrude, ed. From El Greco to Pollock: Early and Late Works by European and American Artists. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1968, pp. 133, ill.
Inscribed: VERSO: "Cat.1294 / Summer Night's Bliss/ oil on canvas/ 1961/84x78/Hans Hofmann" RECTO: lower right, "Hans Hofmann 61"
Artist
Hans Hofmann
1879–1965
born Weissenburg, Germany 1880; died New York, NY 1966
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