Exhibition

Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction

On view September 21, 2019 to January 5, 2020

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Hans Hofmann, The Vanquished, 1959. Oil on canvas. University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Gift of the artist. © The Regents of the University of California. Photography by Jonathan Bloom.
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Hans Hofmann, Effervescence, 1944. Oil, India ink, casein, and enamel on panel. University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Gift of the artist. © The Regents of the University of California. Photography by Ben Blackwell.
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Herbert Matter, Hans Hofmann Painting in the Dunes, 1942. © Herbert Matter Estate. Photograph courtesy of Staley-Wise Gallery, New York.
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Hans Hofmann, The Wind, 1942. Oil, Duco, gouache, and India ink on board. University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Gift of the artist. © The Regents of the University of California. Photography by Ben Blackwell.
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Hans Hofmann, Indian Summer, 1959. Oil on canvas. University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Gift of the artist. © The Regents of the University of California. Photography by Jonathan Bloom.
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Hans Hofmann, The Garden, 1956. Oil on plywood. University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Gift of the artist. © The Regents of the University of California.
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Hans Hofmann, In the Wake of the Hurricane, 1960. Oil on canvas. University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Gift of the artist. © The Regents of the University of California. Photography by Jonathan Bloom.
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Hans Hofmann, Morning Mist, 1958. Oil on canvas. University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Gift of the artist. © The Regents of the University of California. Photography by Ben Blackwell.
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Hans Hofmann, Sanctum Sanctorum (Holy of Holies–Holy Place), 1962. Oil on canvas. University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Gift of the artist. © The Regents of the University of California.
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Hans Hofmann, The Castle, 1965. Oil on canvas. University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Gift of the artist. © The Regents of the University of California.

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