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Margaret and Hank Jensen collection on Hans Hofmann, 1930-1980.
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Title:

Margaret and Hank Jensen collection on Hans Hofmann, 1930-1980

Creator/Contributor:

Jensen, Margaret, 1896-1978, creator, collector.

Creator/Contributor:

Jensen, Hank, 1930-1999, collector.

Creator/Contributor:

Jensen, Margaret, 1896-1978, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Hofmann, Maria Wolfegg, 1885-1963, correspondent.

Abstract:

Contains correspondence from Hans Hofmann's wife Maria (Miz) Hofmann to Margaret Jensen and other related items concerning Hans Hofmann's career. Correspondence topics include news about exhibitions and personal concerns. Other items include photocopies of Hofmann's lectures at Berkeley in 1931, brochures for the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts in New York City and Provincetown, and numerous major publications and clippings featuring articles about Hofmann and his work.

Date:

1930 (issued)

Subject:

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Painters -- Germany
Painters -- United States
Abstract expressionism -- Pictorial works
Expressionism (Art)
Painting, Abstract
Peintres -- Allemagne
Peintres -- États-Unis
Expressionnisme abstrait -- Ouvrages illustrés
Expressionnisme (Art)
Peinture abstraite
Abstract expressionism
Expressionism (Art)
Painters
Painting, Abstract
Germany
United States
Hofmann, Hans -- 1880-1966
Hofmann, Hans -- 1880-1966 -- Pictorial works
Jensen, Margaret -- 1896-1978 -- Correspondence
Hofmann, Maria Wolfegg -- 1885-1963 -- Correspondence
Hofmann, Hans -- 1880-1966

Note:

Gift of Diane Maher ; 2016.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Hans Hofmann (March 21, 1880-February 17, 1966) was a German-born American abstract expressionist painter.
Margaret Edmunds Jensen (May 14, 1896-August 27, 1978) studied under Hans Hoffman. Her son, Hank Jensen (born Henry Grosvenor Jensen, April 29, 1930, Pennsylvania; died February 22, 1999, Provincetown, Massachusetts) was an artist and also studied under Hofmann.
Margaret and Hank Jensen collection on Hans Hofmann, BANC MSS 2017/121, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.

Type:

Pictorial works.
Personal correspondence.
Clippings.

Physical Description:

print
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Language:

English

Origin:

California