Afterglow

Hans Hofmann, Afterglow, 1938, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.58
Hans Hofmann, Afterglow, 1938, oil on fiberboard, 30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.5 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.58

Artwork Details

Title
Afterglow
Artist
Date
1938
Location
Dimensions
30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on fiberboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Abstract
Object Number
1986.92.58
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.92.58

Artwork Description

Hofmann painted the lyrical semi-abstraction called Afterglow during the summer of 1938 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Buildings and trees emerge from a welter of seemingly random lines and abbreviated marks to resolve into a high-keyed landscape. Recognizable as a physical location with a yellow sky, blotches of blue water, and an open central field surrounded by strokes of brown fencing, it reflects Hofmann’s belief that a painting is a self-contained universe in which active and dynamic forces are in equilibrium.

Modern Masters: Midcentury Abstraction from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2008

Works by this artist (3 items)

Clay Grigsby, Three Piece Canister Set (Small Jar), 2000, glazed stoneware, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Renwick Acquisitions Fund, 2000.58.3A-B
Three Piece Canister Set (Small Jar)
Artist
Date2000
glazed stoneware
Not on view
Clay Grigsby, Three Piece Canister Set (Large Jar), 2000, glazed stoneware, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Renwick Acquisitions Fund, 2000.58.1A-B
Three Piece Canister Set (Large Jar)
Artist
Date2000
glazed stoneware
Not on view
Clay Grigsby, Three Piece Canister Set (Medium Jar), 2000, glazed stoneware, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Renwick Acquisitions Fund, 2000.58.2A-B
Three Piece Canister Set (Medium Jar)
Artist
Date2000
glazed stoneware
Not on view

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