Art Institute of Chicago
Blue Rhythm
Hans Hofmann · 1950
Provenance
Ownership history
- Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, New York, by 1950; sold to Society for Contemporary American Art in 1950; given by them to the Art Institute, 1952.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- New York, Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, Hans Hofmann, October 24–November 13, 1950, cat. 12.
- Chicago, Society for Contemporary American Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, 12th Annual Exhibition, 1952, (no cat. found).
- Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, New Accessions USA, July 1–September 5, 1954, cat. 9, ill.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat.
- Chicago, The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, Abstract Expressionism: A Tribute to Harold Rosenberg: Paintings and Drawings from Chicago Collections, October 11–November 25, 1979, cat. 18.
- New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Hans Hofmann, June 20–September 16, 1990, p. 96; traveled to Miami, Center for the Fine Arts, November, 1990–January, 1991, and Norfolk, Virginia, The Chrysler Museum, February–April, 1991.
Literature
Published references
- Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (1961), p. 218.
- Hans Hofmann, Hans Hofmann: With An Introduction by Sam Hunter and Five Essays by Hans Hofmann (Harry N. Abrams, 1964), pl. 27.
- Society for Contemporary American Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, 26 Annual Exhibition by the Society for Contemporary American Art (1966), ill. (Not in exhibition).
- Society for Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Society for Contemporary Art: 1940-1980 (1980), color ill.
- Society for Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Society for Contemporary Art: 1940-2000 (2000), color ill.
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