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Photo: Beth Mann
Circular Fantasy
Photo: Beth Mann

Circular Fantasy

Date1949
Maker Hans Hofmann American, (born in Germany), 1880-1966
Object number65.164
ProvenanceThe artist, 1949; [Kootz Gallery (inventory number C-240), New York, until 1965]; [Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, 1965]; purchased from gallery by Anne Gerber, Seattle, Washington, 1965; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1965
Photo CreditPhoto: Beth Mann
Exhibition HistoryVancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery, The Seattle Art Museum Lends, Mar. 13 - Apr. 11, 1976. No cat. no. (listed as Untitled). Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, International Abstraction: Making Painting Real, May 2, 2003 - Feb. 29, 2004 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modern in America, July 8, 2004 - Feb. 27, 2005 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modernism and Craft, Part 1, Mar. 16, 2013 - Mar.16, 2014. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Abstract Visions, Aug. 6, 2021 - June 5, 2022 [on view Aug. 6, 2021 - Jan. 23, 2022].
Credit LineGift of Sidney and Anne Gerber
Dimensions30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm) Overall h.: 38 7/16 in. Overall w.: 33 3/8 in.
MediumOil on canvas
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