Deep Within the Ravine

Inscription: Signed, dated, and inscribed (lower right): 65/ hans hoffman; (verso, upper left): Renate Series #4/ from the private collection/ not for sale—; (verso, upper right): #1584/ deep within the ravine—/ oil on canvas/ 84 x 60 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. "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].

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. 2.

Munich. Lenbachhaus Kunstbau. "Hans Hofmann: Wunder des Rhythmus und Schönheit des Raumes," April 23–June 29, 1997, no. 25.

Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt. "Hans Hofmann: Wunder des Rhythmus und Schönheit des Raumes," September 12–November 2, 1997, no. 25.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Hans Hofmann in The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 13–October 17, 1999, unnumbered cat. (pl. 4).

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Hans Hofmann: Selected Paintings," November 18, 2014–April 19, 2015, no catalogue.

Elizabeth C. Baker. "Tales of Hofmann: The 'Renate Series'." Art News 71 (November 1972), p. 40, ill.

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

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

"Notes on Current Books." Virginia Quarterly Review 61 (Winter 1985), p. 28, notes that the title poem in the collection "Deep within the Ravine" by Philip Schultz is inspired by this painting.

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.

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. 488, no. P1606, ill. (color), lists the artist's alternate title "Renate Series #4".