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Into Outer Space
Hans Hofmann1957
Chrysler Museum of Art
Norfolk, United States
Like a rocket at liftoff, a red-hot cluster of diagonals cuts across this painting. Its raw, bold colors give the painting an explosive visual force. The nervous energy of the 1957 work and its space-age title may allude to the space race then unfolding between the United States and the Soviet Union, which launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, that same year.
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Details
- Title: Into Outer Space
- Creator: Hans Hofmann
- Creator Lifespan: 1880/1966
- Creator Nationality: American
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: New York City, NY
- Creator Birth Place: Germany
- Date Created: 1957
- Location Created: United States
- Provenance: The artist; Kootz Gallery, New York, 1958; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. purchased from Kootz Gallery, January 15, 1958; Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, Mass., 1970; Lent to the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1966; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to The Chrysler Museum, 1971.
- Physical Dimensions: 69 1/2 x 47 3/4 in. (176.5 x 121.3 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
- Type: Painting
- Rights: © Renate, Hans & Maria Hofmann Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Medium: Oil on board
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