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The Installation of Tomás Saraceno on the Roof: Cloud City

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Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
May 15–November 4, 2012

Tomás Saraceno on the Roof: Cloud City was organized by Anne Strauss, Modern and Contemporary Art

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Thomas Ling, Photograph Studio, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The exhibition is made possible by Bloomberg.

Additional support is provided by Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky, The Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky Foundation, William S. Lieberman Fund, and Eugenio Lopez.

Cloud City is lent by Christian Keesee.

The Roof Garden Commission: Imran Qureshi

The Roof Garden Commission: Imran Qureshi
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Hans Hofmann  (American (born Germany), Wessenburg 1880–1966 New York)

Date:
1965
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
H. 84, W. 60 inches (213.4 x 152.4 cm.)
Classification:
Paintings
Credit Line:
Gift of Renate Hofmann, 1992
Accession Number:
1992.218
Rights and Reproduction:
© 2010 Renate, Hans & Maria Hofmann Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

This artwork is not on display

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: Signed and dated (lower right): Hans Hofmann 65

  • Exhibition History

    New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 16-December 31, 1972; Buffalo: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, January 15-February 28, 1973, ¦Hans Hofmann: The Renate Series¦. Catalogue by Henry Geldzahler, ill. in color, n.p.

    New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ¦Twentieth Century Accessions 1967-1974¦, March 7-April 23, 1974.

    Akron, Ohio: Akron Art Institute. ¦Hans Hofmann: The Renate Series¦, January 12 - March, 1980, p. 12, ill.

    The Fort Worth Museum. ¦Hans Hofmann, The Renate Series¦, September 15- November 17, 1985, by E.A. Carmean, Jr. Cat. #5, p. 18.

    London: The Tate Gallery. ¦Hans Hofmann: Late Paintings¦, March 2-May 1, 1988, by John Hoyland. Cat. #26, p.51.

    New York: The Whitney Museum of American Art, June 20-September 16, 1990; Miami: Miami Center for Fine Arts, November 22, 1990-January 20, 1991; Norfolk: The Chrysler Museum, February 14-April 16, 1991, ¦Hans Hofmann¦. Catalogue by Cynthia Goodman, p. 162, pl. 120.

    New York: The Metropolitan Museum Art, ¦Hans Hofmann at The Metropolitan Museum of Art¦, April 13-October 17, 1999. Catalogue by Lowry Stokes Sims, p. 28, ill. in color.

  • References

    Kimmelman, Michael, "Hans Hofmann: New Perspectives," in The New York Times, June 22, 1990, p. C1 and C22, discussed and illustrated.

    Metropolitan Museum of Art. Notable Acquisitions, 1965-75. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975, p. 214-5, ill. in black and white with a note by Henry Geldzahler.

    Wolheim, Richard. "Hans Hofmann: The Final Years," in Modern Painters, 1 (Summer 1988), p. 12-16, discussed.

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