Artist Monograph

Hans Hofmann, American

American, born Germany. 1880–1966

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Oil Painting	5	55.6%
Drawing	2	22.2%
Other Media	1	11.1%
Gouache	1	11.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	5	55.6%
Painting & Sculpture	4	44.4%

Production by Decade

2

1930s

3

1940s

2

1950s

2

1960s

Classification Types

Drawing — 4
Painting — 4
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	22.2%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	44.4%
Large (1–3 m)	3	33.3%

Range: 27.9 cm → 213.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1952	1
1956	1
1963	1
1968	1
1978	2
1990	1
1991	1
2022	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 9 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Nude Drawing Acc. 282.1978	1935	Ink on paper	11 x 8 1/2" (28 x 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. June Noble Larkin
Reclining Nude Drawing Acc. 283.1978	(1935)	Ink on paper	8 1/2 x 11" (21.6 x 28 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Philip H. Isles
Ambush Drawing Acc. 51.1952	1944	Oil on paper	24 x 19 1/8" (61 x 48.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Spring Painting Acc. 1516.1968	1944-45 (dated on reverse 1940)	Oil and enamel on wood	11 1/4 x 14 1/8" (28.5 x 35.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Rübel
Delight Painting Acc. 2.1956	1947	Gesso and oil on canvas	50 x 40" (126.9 x 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore S. Gary
Composition in Blue Print Acc. 185.1990	1952	Screenprint, with gouache additions	composition (slightly irreg.): 17 x 14 1/8" (43.2 x 35.8 cm); sheet (slightly irreg.): 20 7/8 x 16 3/8" (53 x 41.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Gifford Phillips
Cathedral Painting Acc. 73.1991	1959	Oil on canvas	6' 2" x 48" (188 x 122 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Fractional and promised gift of Agnes Gund in honor of William Rubin
Memoria in Aeternum Painting Acc. 399.1963	1962	Oil on canvas	7' x 6' 1/8" (213.3 x 183.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the artist
Untitled Drawing Acc. 786.2022	1964	Crayon on paper	11 × 13 3/4" (27.9 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	June Noble Larkin Bequest