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Photo: Nathaniel Willson
Elysium II
Photo: Nathaniel Willson

Elysium II

Date1963
Object number2014.25.31
Provenance[Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, New York]; purchased from gallery by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Dec. 9, 1971
Photo CreditPhoto: Nathaniel Willson
Exhibition HistoryLondon, England, Waddington Galleries II, Hans Hofmann, Paintings, June 9 - July 4, 1970. No cat. no., reproduced on cover. Washington D.C, Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Hans Hofmann, Oct.14, 1976 - Jan. 2, 1977 (Houston, Texas, Museum of Fine Arts, Feb. 4 - Apr. 2, 1977). Alberta, Canada, The Edmonton Art Gallery, The Fauve Heritage, Sept. - Oct. 1977. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The New York School, Nov. 23, 1988 - Jan. 29, 1989. New York, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Hans Hofmann, June 20 - Sept. 16, 1990 (Miami, Florida, Center for the Fine Arts, Nov. 22, 1990 - Jan. 20, 1991; Norfolk, Virginia, the Chrysler Museum, Feb. 14 - Apr. 16, 1991). Text by Cynthia Goodman. No cat. no., p. 72, reproduced fig. 64. Princeton, New Jersey, the Art Museum, Princeton University, In Celebration: Works of Art from the Collections of Princeton Alumni and Friends of the Art Museum, Feb. 22 - June 8, 1997. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Big Picture: Art After 1945, July 23, 2017- May 16, 2021.
Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions60 x 52 in. (152.4 x 132.1 cm)
MediumOil on canvas
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