Hans Hofmann (1880-1966)
THE COLLECTION OF JOAN AND PRESTON ROBERT TISCH
Hans Hofmann (1880-1966)

Interior No. 1 - Pink Table, Yellow Tulips

Details
Hans Hofmann (1880-1966)
Interior No. 1 - Pink Table, Yellow Tulips
signed and dated 'Hans Hofmann 39' (lower right); titled and dated again '1937 Interior- pink table- yellow Tulips' (on the reverse); stamped with the Estate of Hans Hofmann stamp and numbered 'M.1360' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
58 5/8 x 44 ½ in. (148.9 x 113 cm.)
Painted in 1939.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owners, 1987
Literature
S. Hunter, Hans Hofmann, New York, 1963, p. 18, pl. 1 (illustrated as Pink Table with Flowers).
S. Weeks and B. Hayes, eds., Search for the Real, and Other Essays, Cambridge, 1967, pp. 22, 76, 83 (illustrated as Still Life, Pink Table).
S. Hunter, American Art of the 20th Century: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, New York, 1973, p. 202, pl. 361 (illustrated as Pink Table).
W. Seitz, Abstract Expressionist Painting in America, Cambridge, 1983, pp. 21, 42, 44, no. 100, (illustrated as Pink Table).
C. Goodman, Hans Hofmann, exh. cat., New York, 1990, pp. 36 and 41, no. 35 (illustrated).
M. Kimmelman, "Hans Hofmann: New Perspectives," New York Times, 1990, p. C22.
A. Gautherie-Kampka, Les Allemands du Dôme: la colonie allemande de Montparnasse dans les années 1903-1914, 1995, p. 253 (as Intérieur no 1-Table rose, tulipes jaunes).
L. Ruiz-Reese, Hofmann, Cubism and Science, Berkeley, 1997, pp. 104-106, no. 58 (illustrated as Pink Table).
J. Yohe, ed., Hans Hofmann, New York, 2002, p. 79 (illustrated).
T. Lander, Piet Mondrian, Hans Hofmann, Willem de Kooning: Europäische Künstler in den USA-Amerikanische Künstler aus Europa, Germany, 2003, pp. 133-134, no. 56 (illustrated).
S. Villiger, ed., Hans Hofmann: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Surrey, 2014, pp. 144-145, no. P238 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Andover, Addison Gallery of American Art, Hans Hofmann: Painter and Teacher, January-February 1948, pp. 28, 82, 91 (illustrated as Still Life, Pink Table).
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Hans Hofmann: The Pre-War Years in America, January-February 1987, n.p., no. 1 (illustrated).

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