Murder Mystery

1. Margo Hoff (1912–2008), Chicago, 1945; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1946.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Fiftieth Annual Exhibition: Artists of Chicago and Vicinity</em>, Mar. 28–May 12, 1946, cat. 79, pl. 1.
• Andover, MA, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, <em>Prize Winners: 1945–46</em>, Sept. 13–Oct. 21, 1946, n.p.
• New York, Grand Central Art Galleries, <em>Critics’ Show</em>, Dec. 10–28, 1946, no cat.
• New York, Downtown Gallery, <em>Artists of Chicago</em>, Oct. 18–Nov. 15, 1954, cat. 14; Chicago, 1020 Art Center, Oct. 18–Nov. 15.
• Chicago, Fairweather–Hardin Gallery, Magnificent Mile Art Festival, Oct. 1955.
• IL, Durand Art Institute, Lake Forest College, <em>A Century of American Painting: Masterpieces Loaned by The Art Institute of Chicago</em>, June 10–16, 1957, no. 33.
• Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/4071/two-centuries-of-american-art-1750-1950"><em>Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950</em></a>, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available].
• Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Art in Illinois: In Honor of the Illinois Sesquicentennial</em>, June 15–Sept. 8, 1968 (no cat.).
• Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, <em>Art in Chicago: 1945–1995</em>, Nov. 16, 1996–Mar. 23, 1997.
• Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Homegrown: The School of the Art Institute in the Permanent Collection</em>, Oct. 17, 2015–Feb. 14, 2016.

• “Artists of Chicago Open 50th Local Annual—Split $3,475 Purse,” <em>Art Digest</em> 20, 14 (Apr. 15, 1946), 8 (ill.).
• “North Side Artists Win Awards,” <em>Chicago Daily Tribune</em> (Mar. 31, 1946), N4.
• “The Chicago Irregulars,” <em>Art News</em> 45, 2 (Apr. 1946), 19 (ill.).

Picasso's Bather

Art Institute of Chicago

Magic Bubbles

Art Institute of Chicago

City Beyond the Tree

Art Institute of Chicago

Sketchbook

Art Institute of Chicago

Doorways

Art Institute of Chicago

Sanctuary

Art Institute of Chicago

Hoff Avenue, Tucson, Arizona

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

Art Institute of Chicago

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