Staccato in Blue
1961
Painter, American, born Germany, 1880 - 1966
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 151.7 x 213 cm (59 3/4 x 83 7/8 in.)
framed: 154.9 x 215.9 x 3.4 cm (61 x 85 x 1 5/16 in.) -
Accession
1990.108.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Andre Emmerich Gallery, Inc., New York); Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston; (Vivian Horan Fine Art, New York); purchased November 1987 by Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Kinney, Washington, D.C., and New York;[1] gift (partial and promised) 1990 to NGA; gift completed 1997.
[1] Provenance according to Art for the Nation : Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, exh. cat., Washington, 1991: 416.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 416-417, color repro.
2009
Extended loan for use by President Barack Obama, The White House, Washington, D.C., 2009-2017.
Inscriptions
lower right: Hans Hofmann 61
Wikidata ID
Q20195635