- Artist
- Hans Hofmann 1880–1966
- Medium
- Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- Support: 2140 × 1327 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1981
- Reference
- T03256
Catalogue entry
T03256 POMPEII 1959
Inscribed ‘hans hofmann/59’ bottom right and ‘cat #947/59/Pompey [sic]/oil on canvas/84 × 52 1959’ on back of canvas
Oil on canvas, 84 3/4 × 52 15/16 (214 × 132.4)
Purchased from the artist's estate through the André Emmerich Gallery (Grant-in-Aid) 1981
Exh: XXX Venice Biennale, June–October 1960 (United States 22); Hans Hofmann, Fränkische Galerie am Marientor, Nuremberg, March–April 1962 (69); Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, May–June 1962 (69); Städtische Galerie, Munich, December 1962–January 1963 (69); Hans Hofmann, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, January–February 1964 (not in catalogue); Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, February–March 1964 (not in catalogue); Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, March–April 1964 (not in catalogue); University of California, Berkeley, May–June 1964 (not in catalogue); Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, D.C., June–July 1964 (not in catalogue); Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, September 1964 (no catalogue); Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, November–December 1964 (15); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, January–March 1965 (14, repr.); Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, March–April 1965 (15, repr.); Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, May–June 1965 (14, repr.); Amerika-Haus (Kunstverein), Hamburg, June–July 1965 (14, repr.); Städtisches Kunsthaus, Bielefeld, September–October 1965 (14, repr.); Hans Hofmann 1880–1966, André Emmerich Gallery, New York, December 1980–January 1981 (works not numbered, repr.in colour)
Repr: Das Kunstwerk, XIII, July–August 1960, p.44; Clement Greenberg, Hofmann, Paris 1961, p.29 in colour; The Tate Gallery: Illustrated Biennial Report 1980–82, 1983, p.49 in colour
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Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984
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