Lust and Delight

Inscription: Signed, dated, and inscribed (lower right): hans hofmann 65; (on reverse, upper left): Renate Series #2– / from the private collection... / not for sale–; (on reverse, upper right): #1583 / Lust and delight / oil on canvas / 84 x 60 1965 / hans hofmann

the artist, New York (1965–d. 1966); his widow, Renate Hofmann, New York (1966–92; her gift to MMA)

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940–1970," October 18, 1969–February 8, 1970, no. 125 (as "Lust and Delight [Renata (sic) Series No. 2]," lent by the Estate of Hans Hofmann).

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Hans Hofmann: The Renate Series," October 18–November 26, 1972, extended to December 31, 1972, unnumbered cat.

Buffalo. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. "Hans Hofmann: The Renate Series," January 15–February 28, 1973, unnumbered cat.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "20th Century Accessions, 1967–1974," March 7–April 23, 1974, no catalogue (unnumbered checklist; lent as Promised Gift of Renate Hofmann).

Akron, Oh. Akron Art Institute. "Hans Hofmann: The Renate Series," January 12–March 2, 1980.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Hans Hofmann: The Renate Series," December 2, 1980–March 25, 1981, no catalogue.

Fort Worth Art Museum. "Hans Hofmann, The Renate Series," September 15–November 17, 1985, no. 5.

London. Tate Gallery. "Hans Hofmann: Late Paintings," March 2–May 1, 1988, no. 26.

New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Hans Hofmann," June 20–September 16, 1990, no. 120 (lent by MMA, promised gift of Renate Hofmann).

Miami. Center for the Fine Arts. "Hans Hofmann," November 23, 1990–January 23, 1991, no. 120.

Norfolk. Chrysler Museum of Art. "Hans Hofmann," February 14–April 16, 1991, no. 120.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Hans Hofmann in The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 13–October 17, 1999, unnumbered cat. (pl. 9).

Elizabeth C. Baker. "Tales of Hofmann: The 'Renate Series'." Art News 71 (November 1972), p. 41, ill. p. 39.

Hilton Kramer. "Unfamiliar Works by Familiar Names." New York Times (October 21, 1972), p. 27.

"Public Museum News." Art Journal 33 (Summer 1974), p. 360, mentioned as the "Renate series".

Henry Geldzahler in "Twentieth Century Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Notable Acquisitions, 1965–1975. New York, 1975, pp. 214–15, ill.

Eugene Victor Thaw. "The Abstract Expressionists." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 44 (Winter 1986–87), p. 49.

Richard Wollheim. "Hans Hofmann: The Final Years." Modern Painters 1 (Summer 1988), ill. p. 12 (color).

Michael Kimmelman. "Hans Hofmann: New Perspectives." New York Times (June 22, 1990), p. C22, ill.

Lowery S. Sims in "Recent Acquisitions. A Selection: 1989–1990." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 48 (Fall 1990), p. 72.

Grace Glueck. "An Abstractionist Dancing with Color." New York Times (May 21, 1999), p. E32.

Michael Klein. "Exhibition Catalogues: Hans Hofmann in The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Art Book 7 (June 2000), p. 15.

Suzi Villiger, ed. Hans Hofmann: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings. Vol. 3, Catalogue Entries P847–PW89 (1952–1965). Surrey, 2014, p. 486, no. P1604, ill. (color), lists the artist's alternate title "Renate Series #2".