Inscription: Signed, dated, and inscribed (lower right): 65 / hans hofmann; (verso, upper left): Renate Series #1 / from the private collection— / —not for sale—; (verso, upper right): #1582 / Little Cherry / oil on canvas / 84 x 78 1965 / hans hofmann
the artist, New York (1965–d. 1966); his widow, Renate Hofmann, New York (1966–d. 1992; her bequest to MMA)
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940–1970," October 18, 1969–February 8, 1970, no. 124 (as "Little Cherry [Renata (sic) Series No. 1]," 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).
Albany. New York State Museum. "New York: The State of Art," October 8–November 27, 1977, extended to January 15, 1978 [not in original checklist].
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. 7.
Munich. Lenbachhaus Kunstbau. "Hans Hofmann: Wunder des Rhythmus und Schönheit des Raumes," April 23–June 29, 1997, no. 26.
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt. "Hans Hofmann: Wunder des Rhythmus und Schönheit des Raumes," September 12–November 2, 1997, no. 26.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Hans Hofmann in The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 13–October 17, 1999, unnumbered cat. (pl. 7).
Philip Leider. "Modern American Art at the Met." Artforum 8 (December 1969), ill. p. 64.
Elizabeth C. Baker. "Tales of Hofmann: The 'Renate Series'." Art News 71 (November 1972), pp. 40–41, ill. (color).
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.
Elizabeth Vallance. "The Landscape of 'The Great Plains Experience': An Application of Curriculum Criticism." Curriculum Inquiry 7 (Summer 1977), pp. 92–95, discusses Ref. Baker 1972.
Eugene Victor Thaw. "The Abstract Expressionists." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 44 (Winter 1986–87), p. 49.
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.
Mario Naves. "'Hans Hofmann' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York." New Criterion 17 (June 1999), p. 51.
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. 485, no. P1603, ill. (color), lists the artist's alternate title "Renate Series #1".
Hans Hofmann (American (born Germany), Wessenburg 1880–1966 New York)
ca. 1932
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