3.1.1 : Books, A-Z, circa 1928-1965
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Collected Writing on Art , 1958
Select: Collected Writing on Art, 1958
Das Malerbuch: Form und Farbe in der Gestaltung
Select: Das Malerbuch: Form und Farbe in der Gestaltung
Memorandum, 1949
Select: Memorandum, 1949
Early Drafts, circa 1931
Select: Early Drafts, circa 1931
Drafts and Notes, circa 1933-1950
Select: Drafts and Notes, circa 1933-1950
Manuscript (based on the first book written in California), 1934
Select: Manuscript (based on the first book written in California), 1934
Manuscript (copy of the German original), 1948
Select: Manuscript (copy of the German original), 1948
Manuscript (autumn), 1948
Select: Manuscript (autumn), 1948
Manuscript (edited), circa 1933-1950
Select: Manuscript (edited), circa 1933-1950
Manuscript (English original translated by Peggy Huck as The Supersensitory Origin of Painting ), 1953
Select: Manuscript (English original translated by Peggy Huck as The Supersensitory Origin of Painting), 1953
Manuscript ("The Painter's Book, First English translation by Glenn Wessels" Creation in Form and Color ), 1931
Select: Manuscript ("The Painter's Book, First English translation by Glenn Wessels" Creation in Form and Color), 1931
Das Malerbuch [?]
Select: Das Malerbuch[?]
Draft, Part I - "Definition of form", circa 1952
Select: Draft, Part I - "Definition of form", circa 1952
Draft, Part II - a) "Nature in 'objective'experience" b) "Nature in 'plastic' experience" and c) "Nature in 'visual' experience", circa 1952
Select: Draft, Part II - a) "Nature in 'objective'experience" b) "Nature in 'plastic' experience" and c) "Nature in 'visual' experience", circa 1952
Draft, Part III - a) "Light" and b) "Relationship of form, light and color", circa 1952
Select: Draft, Part III - a) "Light" and b) "Relationship of form, light and color", circa 1952
Draft, Part IV - "Picture plane", circa 1952
Select: Draft, Part IV - "Picture plane", circa 1952
Draft, Part V - "Colour as a plastic means", circa 1952
Select: Draft, Part V - "Colour as a plastic means", circa 1952
Draft, Part VI - "Mind", circa 1952
Select: Draft, Part VI - "Mind", circa 1952
Draft, Part VII - "Composition", circa 1952
Select: Draft, Part VII - "Composition", circa 1952
Chapter, "Bild formende gesetze", circa 1935-1950
Select: Chapter, "Bild formende gesetze", circa 1935-1950
Chapter, "Entwicklungs-Plan I", 1929
Select: Chapter, "Entwicklungs-Plan I", 1929
Chapter, "Entwicklungs-Plan II", circa 1935-1950
Select: Chapter, "Entwicklungs-Plan II", circa 1935-1950
Intended Addition, "The object in the visual arts-its function in three-dimensional reality and its two-dimensional pictorial realization", 1951
Select: Intended Addition, "The object in the visual arts-its function in three-dimensional reality and its two-dimensional pictorial realization", 1951
Picture Material for Book, circa 1935-1950
Select: Picture Material for Book, circa 1935-1950
Painter and His Problems-A Manual Dedicated to Painting , 1963
Select: Painter and His Problems-A Manual Dedicated to Painting, 1963
Painter and His Problems-A Manual Dedicated to Painting , Illustrations , circa 1933-1950
Select: Painter and His Problems-A Manual Dedicated to Painting, Illustrations , circa 1933-1950 Scope and Contents Original drawings, photostats and negatives of diagrams, photographs; captions and notations in both English and German.
Search for the Real and Other Essays , 1947-1948
Select: Search for the Real and Other Essays, 1947-1948
3.1.2 : Articles and Essays, circa 1928-1965
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"Color Problem in Pure painting-Its Creative Origin", 1955
Select: "Color Problem in Pure painting-Its Creative Origin", 1955
"Creative Act-Gesture and meaning", circa 1930-1955
Select: "Creative Act-Gesture and meaning", circa 1930-1955
"Hawthorne-The Painter: An Appreciation", 1952
Select: "Hawthorne-The Painter: An Appreciation", 1952
"Homage to Alfred Maurer", 1950
Select: "Homage to Alfred Maurer", 1950
"Mystification of the Two- and Three-Dimensional in the Visual Arts", 1946
Select: "Mystification of the Two- and Three-Dimensional in the Visual Arts", 1946
"On the Aims of Art", 1931-1932
Select: "On the Aims of Art", 1931-1932
"Painting and Culture", 1931
Select: "Painting and Culture", 1931
"Plastic Creation", 1932
Select: "Plastic Creation", 1932
"Quality??? What is It-What does it mean in the visual arts?", circa 1951
Select: "Quality??? What is It-What does it mean in the visual arts?", circa 1951
"Resurrection of the Plastic Arts" (I.); "Mystery of Creative Relations" (II.)", 1953
Select: "Resurrection of the Plastic Arts" (I.); "Mystery of Creative Relations" (II.)", 1953
"Sculpture", 1933
Select: "Sculpture", 1933
"Search for the 'Real' in the Visual Arts", 1947-1948
Select: "Search for the 'Real' in the Visual Arts", 1947-1948
"Welt und die Kunst", 1965
Select: "Welt und die Kunst", 1965
Untitled, 1928-1950
Select: Untitled, 1928-1950
3.1.3 : Talks and Lectures, circa 1928-1965
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1930: University of Minnesota Art Department
Select: 1930: University of Minnesota Art Department
1931: Berkeley Women's City Club; University of California, Berkeley, "Lectures on Plastic Painting," and untitled lectures
Select: 1931: Berkeley Women's City Club; University of California, Berkeley, "Lectures on Plastic Painting," and untitled lectures
1938: Lecture notes including: "Kosmos and cosmic creation on a picture plane," "Life," "Natur" (sic), "Movement of space," "Movement of Volumes"
Select: 1938: Lecture notes including: "Kosmos and cosmic creation on a picture plane," "Life," "Natur" (sic), "Movement of space," "Movement of Volumes"
1938-1939: Provincetown lectures, "Laws of the Picture Plane" and "Tensions"
Select: 1938-1939: Provincetown lectures, "Laws of the Picture Plane" and "Tensions"
1938-1939: Provincetown lecture, "Spiritualization"
Select: 1938-1939: Provincetown lecture, "Spiritualization"
1939-1940: Notes and texts including: "Realm of the unconscious," Picasso," and Lectures III-IX
Select: 1939-1940: Notes and texts including: "Realm of the unconscious," Picasso," and Lectures III-IX
1940: Provincetown, July 27
Select: 1940: Provincetown, July 27
1941: Riverside Museum symposium, address on Abstract Art held during the 1941 Annual American Abstract Artists' Exhibition, Feb. 16
Select: 1941: Riverside Museum symposium, address on Abstract Art held during the 1941 Annual American Abstract Artists' Exhibition, Feb. 16
1949: "What Is an Artist?" delivered July 3; "American Art Today;" "American Art versus French Art;" and "Protest Against Ostrich Attitude in the Arts" (with Fritz Bultman)
Select: 1949: "What Is an Artist?" delivered July 3; "American Art Today;" "American Art versus French Art;" and "Protest Against Ostrich Attitude in the Arts" (with Fritz Bultman)
1950: Studio 35 Round Table; texts and notes for Provincetown Art Association talks
Select: 1950: Studio 35 Round Table; texts and notes for Provincetown Art Association talks
1951: Provincetown Art Association, "About Education in General and Art Education in Particular," August 13
Select: 1951: Provincetown Art Association, "About Education in General and Art Education in Particular," August 13
1952: Provincetown Art Association, "Photography as a Creative means," August 12; remarks recorded for Sam Feinstein's film
Select: 1952: Provincetown Art Association, "Photography as a Creative means," August 12; remarks recorded for Sam Feinstein's film
1962: Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, inauguration speech, Nov. 17
Select: 1962: Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, inauguration speech, Nov. 17
"Point and Line," "Artistic Childrenswork," "Hofmann Lectures No. Three to Eleven [10 and 11 lacking]," texts of several untitled talks, and notes for introducing Hofmann
Select: "Point and Line," "Artistic Childrenswork," "Hofmann Lectures No. Three to Eleven [10 and 11 lacking]," texts of several untitled talks, and notes for introducing Hofmann
3.1.4 : Miscellaneous Writings, circa 1928-1965
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"About Art education and my approach toward it", circa 1930-1955
Select: "About Art education and my approach toward it", circa 1930-1955
"About critics", 1956
Select: "About critics", 1956
"About Jackson Pollack and myself", 1956
Select: "About Jackson Pollack and myself", 1956
"About myself, my work, my school", circa 1930-1955
Select: "About myself, my work, my school", circa 1930-1955
"About the relation of students and teachers", circa 1930-1955
Select: "About the relation of students and teachers", circa 1930-1955
"About the subject mater (in pictorial creation)", circa 1930-1955
Select: "About the subject mater (in pictorial creation)", circa 1930-1955
"Advanced Education in Art", circa 1930-1955
Select: "Advanced Education in Art", circa 1930-1955
"Answer to a Question", 1951
Select: "Answer to a Question", 1951
"Answer to My Critics", 1944
Select: "Answer to My Critics", 1944
"Architecture and pictorial art", circa 1930-1955
Select: "Architecture and pictorial art", circa 1930-1955
"Art and Art appreciation", 1953
Select: "Art and Art appreciation", 1953
"Art and Life", circa 1930-1955
Select: "Art and Life", circa 1930-1955
"Colour", circa 1930-1955
Select: "Colour", circa 1930-1955
"Creative process-its physical and metaphysical performing", 1956
Select: "Creative process-its physical and metaphysical performing", 1956
"Falsification of History", circa 1959
Select: "Falsification of History", circa 1959
"Following is a condensed reformulation of a statement made by me to my students dating back to 1938", 1960
Select: "Following is a condensed reformulation of a statement made by me to my students dating back to 1938", 1960
"For Clarification of history I speak (reluctantly) of myself", circa 1930-1955
Select: "For Clarification of history I speak (reluctantly) of myself", circa 1930-1955
"Form im simme der Gertabtung", circa 1930-1955
Select: "Form im simme der Gertabtung", circa 1930-1955
"In Answer to a Question", circa 1930-1955
Select: "In Answer to a Question", circa 1930-1955
"Life", circa 1930-1955
Select: "Life", circa 1930-1955
"Magic of painting", circa 1930-1955
Select: "Magic of painting", circa 1930-1955
"My aim-in answer to repeated questioning", circa 1930-1955
Select: "My aim-in answer to repeated questioning", circa 1930-1955
"My Artistic Creed-A Statement", 1952
Select: "My Artistic Creed-A Statement", 1952
"Nature and Art-Controversy and Misconcept", 1957
Select: "Nature and Art-Controversy and Misconcept", 1957
"Nature as Experience and Its Pictorial Realization", circa 1930-1955
Select: "Nature as Experience and Its Pictorial Realization", circa 1930-1955
"New Concept for Mosaics of Our Time", 1956
Select: "New Concept for Mosaics of Our Time", 1956
"Notes on Art", 1950
Select: "Notes on Art", 1950
"Offense in Pictorial Art", circa 1930-1955
Select: "Offense in Pictorial Art", circa 1930-1955
"Pictorial Function of Colours", 1950
Select: "Pictorial Function of Colours", 1950
"Preface for catalogue for Hofmann exhibit, Berkeley, California", 1931
Select: "Preface for catalogue for Hofmann exhibit, Berkeley, California", 1931
"Pure Colour Space", circa 1930-1955
Select: "Pure Colour Space", circa 1930-1955
"Reply to the Demand to Name Some of My Students Who Have Come into Prominence", 1956
Select: "Reply to the Demand to Name Some of My Students Who Have Come into Prominence", 1956
"Space and pictorial life", circa 1930-1955
Select: "Space and pictorial life", circa 1930-1955
"Space pictorially realized through the intrinsic faculty of the colours to express volume", 1951
Select: "Space pictorially realized through the intrinsic faculty of the colours to express volume", 1951
"Spannungs Bezichungen", circa 1930-1955
Select: "Spannungs Bezichungen", circa 1930-1955
Statement for Abstract and Surrealist Art in America by Sidney Janis, 1944
Select: Statement for Abstract and Surrealist Art in America by Sidney Janis, 1944
Statements for Contemporary American Painting , University of Illinois, 1951-1952
Select: Statements for Contemporary American Painting, University of Illinois, 1951-1952
"Teaching of Hans Hofmann", circa 1930-1955
Select: "Teaching of Hans Hofmann", circa 1930-1955
"This is the answer to a repeated refusal of acceptance of my work to the permanent collection of the museum of modern art", circa 1930-1955
Select: "This is the answer to a repeated refusal of acceptance of my work to the permanent collection of the museum of modern art", circa 1930-1955
"What is Life", circa 1930-1955
Select: "What is Life", circa 1930-1955
Untitled, A-Z (by first line), 1946-1961
Select: Untitled, A-Z (by first line), 1946-1961
Untitled (in German), circa 1930-1955
Select: Untitled (in German), circa 1930-1955
Untitled (in German), circa 1930-1955
Select: Untitled (in German), circa 1930-1955
Fragments, circa 1930-1955
Select: Fragments, circa 1930-1955
3.1.5 : Poems, circa 1928-1965
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Poems, 1944-1959
Select: Poems, 1944-1959
Poems to Maria Hofmann, 1960-1964
Select: Poems to Maria Hofmann, 1960-1964
3.1.6 : Notes and Lists, circa 1928-1965
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Notebooks, "Farbe" and untitled, (2 vols.), circa 1930-1955
Select: Notebooks, "Farbe" and untitled, (2 vols.), circa 1930-1955
Notes on Works of Art, 1949-1956
Select: Notes on Works of Art, 1949-1956
Miscellaneous Notes, circa 1930-1955
Select: Miscellaneous Notes, circa 1930-1955
List, Paintings Exhibited at Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1949-1962
Select: List, Paintings Exhibited at Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1949-1962
List, Paintings Exhibited at Mirski Gallery, Boston, 1953 
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