SEATED WOMAN 1944, Oil on panel 61 x 46¾ inches (154.9 x 118.7 cm) HH Catalogue #611-1944 HH Estate #M-1059
PROVENANCE Estate of Hans Hofmann
E XHIBITED New York: 67 Gallery, Hans Hofmann: Abstract Paintings [2–21 April 1945].
Paris, France: Galerie Maeght, Hans Hofmann, Peintures [7 January – 9 February 1949]. Exhibition brochure: Derrière le Miroir (Galerie Maeght, Paris, France) no. 16: special issue on Hans Hofmann (January 1949): n.p. Lithographs by Hofmann; essays by Charles Estienne and Peter Neaoge; poem by Weldon Kees; reprint of “An Appreciation” (1949) by Tennessee Williams. Provincetown, Mass.: First 1951 Exhibition [1–29 July].
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New York: 67 Gallery, A Problem for Critics [14 May – 7 July 1945]. Curated by Howard Putzel. New York: Kootz Gallery, Women [8–27 September 1947]. Exhibition catalogue: Women: A Collaboration of Artists and Writers. Preface by Samuel M. Kootz; texts by Lewis Galantière, Paul Goodman, Clement Greenberg, Weldon Kees, Benjamin Péret, Harold Rosenberg, Jean-Paul Sartre, Barry Ulanov, Tennessee Williams, William Carlos Williams, Victor Wolfson; accompanying text to Hofmann’s work by Tennessee Williams, “An Appreciation.” New York: Samuel M. Kootz Editions, 1948, illustrated n.p. Andover, Mass.: Addison Gallery of American Art, Hans Hofmann: Painter and Teacher, retrospective in conjunction with publication of Hofmann’s Search for the Real and Other Essays [2 January – 9 February 1948]. Exhibition catalogue: Hofmann, Hans. Search for the Real, and Other Essays. Edited by Sarah T. Weeks and Bartlett H. Hayes, Jr. Andover, Mass.: Addison Gallery of American Art, 1948, illustrated pp. 33, 85 (installation view), p. 91 (color), comm. p. 32. Reprinted by Cambridge: MIT Press, 1967, illustrated pp. 27, 79 (installation view), p. 83 (color), comm. p. 26.
Nuremberg, Germany: Fränkische Galerie am Marientor, Hans Hofmann [March 1962]. Traveled to Kunstverein, Cologne; Kongresshalle, Berlin; and Städtische Galerie, Munich. Exhibition catalogue: Grote, Ludwig. Hans Hofmann, Ausstellung 1962. Contributions by Frederick S. Wight, Clement Greenberg, and Tennessee Williams. Nuremberg, Germany: Fränkische Galerie am Marientor, 1962, illustrated, p. 5. Madrid, Spain: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofîa, The Surrealists in Exile and the Beginning of the New York School [21 December 1999 – 27 February 2000]. Traveled to Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France. Exhibition catalogue: Surrealistas en el exilio y los inicios de la Escuela de Nueva York. Madrid: Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, 1999, illustrated in color, p. 249. Kaiserslautern, Germany: Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Hans Hofmann: Magnum Opus [9 March – 16 June 2013]. Exhibition catalogue: Buhlmann, Britta E., ed. Hans Hofmann: Magnum Opus, essays by William C. Agee, Annette Reich, and Karen Wilkin. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2013, illustrated in color, p. 63. (continued on page 90)