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Series 8: Hans Hofmann Library, circa 1904-1960
2.5 Linear feet
Box 16-18, Box 20

Books from Hans Hofmann's personal library were included among the papers donated to the Archives of American Art. Inscribed and annotated volumes have been retained with the collection. A small selection of books by, about, or mentioning Hofmann are among the printed matter described in Series 8.
Art books have been separated from general literature and both groups are arranged alphabetically by author. The series is arranged as 2 subseries:
  • 8.1: Inscribed/Annoted Volumes - Art, circa 1904-1960
  • 8.2: Inscribed/Annoted Volumes - General Literature, circa 1904-1960
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8.1

Inscribed/Annotated Volumes-Art, circa 1904-1960
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Art News Annual XXV, 1956. [annotated]
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1
L'Art Abstrait; ses origines; ses premiers maîgres. Paris: Maeght, 1949. [annotated]
16
2
Barr, Alfred H., Jr. Picasso; Fifty Years of his Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946. [inscribed]
16
3
Bayl, Friedrich. Bilder unserer Tage. Koln: Verlag M. DuMont Schauberg, 1960. [inscribed]
16
4
Bazaine. Notes sur la peinture d'aujourd'hui. Paris: Floury, 1948. [inscribed]
16
5
Buttafava, G. and E. Garbagnati. Architetture nel segno dei Maestri. Bergamo, Italy: Instituto Italiano d'Arti Grafische, 1962. [inscribed]
16
6
Carnet de desseins de Picasso reproduits au format de l'original. Paris: "Cahiers d' Art," 1948. [inscribed]
Oversized volume housed in Box 20.
16
7
Clark, Kenneth. Landscape Painting. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. [inscribed]
16
8
Construction and Geometry in Painting; From Malevitch to "Tomorrow." New York: Galerie Chalette, 1960. [inscribed]
16
9
The Edward Joseph Gallagher III Memorial Collection at the University of Arizona, Tucson. [1958]. [inscribed]
16
10
Gallatin, A. E., ed. Of Art; Plato to Picasso. New York: Wittenborn and Company, 1944. [inscribed]
16
11
Gary, Dorothy Hales and Robert Payne. The Splendors of Asia. New York: Viking Press, 1965. [inscribed]
16
12
Grabar, André. Byzantine Painting. New York: Skira Inc., 1953. [inscribed]
16
13
Graham, John D. System and Dialectics of Art. New York: Delphic Studios, [1937]. [annotated]
16
14
Hildenbrand, Adolf. Das Problem der Form in der Bildenden Kunst. Strassburg: J. H. Ed Heitz, 1901. [annotated]
16
15
Hunter, Sam. "Jackson Pollock: the Maze and the Minotaur." New World Writing. New York: New American Library, 1956. [annotated]
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16
Jenkins. New York: Martha Jackson Gallery, 1965. [inscribed]
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17
Kepes, Gyorgy. Language of Vision. Chicago: Paul Theobald, 1944. [annotated]
16
18
Malraux, André. The Voices of Silence. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. [inscribed]
16
19
Modern Artists in America; First Series. Robert Motherwell and Ad Reinhardt, eds. New York: Wittenborn Schultz, Inc., [1951?]. [annotated]
16
20
Mondrian, Piet. Plastic Art and Pure Plastic Art, and Other Essays. New York: Wittenborn, Schultz, Inc., 1951. [inscribed]
16
21
Müller, Carl Theodor. Meister gotischer Plastit. München: J. S. Lehmanns Verlag, 1932. [inscribed]
16
22
Nierendorf, Karl, ed. Paul Klee; Paintings, Watercolors, 1913-1939. New York: Oxford University Press, 1941. [inscribed]
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1
Pallottino, Massimo. Etruscan Painting. New York: Skira, 1952. [inscribed]
17
2
The Phillips Collection; a Museum of Modern art and its Sources; A Catalogue. New York and London: Thames and Hudson, 1952. [inscribed]
17
3
Picasso; 32 peintures récentes. Paris: Cahiers d'Art, 1949. [inscribed]
17
4
Regler, Gustav. Wolfgang Paalen. New York: Nierendorf Editions, 1946. [inscribed]
17
5
Rembrandt Handzeighnungen. Leipzig: Im Insel Verlag, undated [inscribed]
17
6
Rosenberg, Harold. Arshile Gorky; The Man, the Time, the Idea. New York: Horizon Press, Inc., 1962. [inscribed]
17
7
Rosenberg, Harold. The Tradition of the New. New York: Horizon Press, Inc., 1959. [inscribed and annotated]
17
8
Schön, Erhard. Unterweisung der Proportion und Stellung der Possen. [no place: undated] [inscribed]
17
9
Seuphor, Michel. Écritures; Dessins/Drawings/Zeichnungen Alcopley. Paris: Les Nourritures Terrestres, 1954. [inscribed]
17
10
Steinberg, Saul. The Catalogue. Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Co., 1962. [inscribed]
17
11
Steinberg, Saul. The New World. New York: Harper & Row, 1965. [inscribed]
17
12
Sweeney, James J. Joan Miró. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1941. [annotated]
17
13
Uhde, W. Picasso et la Tradition Française; Notes dur la Peinture Actuelle. Paris: ?ditions des Quatre-Chemins, undated [inscribed]
17
14
Valentiner, W. R. Origins of Modern Sculpture. New York: Wittenborn and Company, 1946. [inscribed]
17
15
Walkowitz, Abraham. A Demonstration of Objective, Abstract, and Non-Objective Art. Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1945. [inscribed]
17
16
Walkowitz, Abraham. Isadora Duncan in Her Dances. Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1945. [inscribed]
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17
Walkowitz, Abraham. 100 Paintings and Drawings from the Objective to Abstract. New York: B. W. Huebsch, Inc., 1925. [inscribed]
17
18
Westheim, Paul. Indische Baukunst. Berlin: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth A. G., undated [inscribed]
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19
Woodward, William. French Quarter Etchings. New Orleans: Magnolia Press, undated [inscribed]
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20
Wright, Frank Lloyd. The Future of Architecture. New York: Horizon Press, 1953. [inscribed]
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21

8.2

Inscribed/Annotated Volumes-General Literature, circa 1904-1960
Description Container
Copley, Alfred Lewin and Helen Boswell. Aconite the Love Poison. Reprinted from Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April 1944. [inscribed]
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1
Einsichten. Freiburg, GER: Eberhard Albert Verlag, 1959. [inscribed]
18
1
Graf, Oskar Maria. Unruhe um Einen Friedfertigen. New York: Aurora Verlag, 1947. [inscribed]
18
1
Humphreys, Christmas. Buddhism. Hammondsworth, Middlesex, ENG: Penguin Books, 1952. [inscribed and annotated]
18
1
Kant, Immanuel. Kritik der reinen Vernunft. Halle an der Saale, GER: Verlag von Otto Hendel, undated [annotated]
18
2
Kuttner, Erich. Hans Von Marées; Die Tragödie des deutschen Idealismus. Zurich: Verlag Oprecht, 1937. [inscribed]
18
2
Mann, Thomas. Doctor Faustus; The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkühn as Told by a Friend. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. [annotated]
18
3
Neagoe, Peter. No Time for Tears. New York: Kamin Publishers, 1958. [inscribed]
18
3
Ver Duft, Lee. Ho! Watchman of the Night, Ho! New York: Gemor Press, 1944. [inscribed]
18
3
A World Treasury of Proverbs from Twenty-five Languages. Collected by Henry Davidoff. New York: Random House, 1946. [inscribed]
18
4
Oversized Volume Carnet de desseins de Picasso from Box 16, Folder 7
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