On the Jucar, Cuenca, Spain (In Spain)
Harry L. Hoffman, American, 1871 - 1964
1910
Oil on canvas
Overall: 24 1/8 × 26 1/4 in. (61.3 × 66.7 cm)
Frame: 27 1/4 × 29 3/8 in. (69.2 × 74.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hoffman
P.992.22
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, lower right: Hoffman--; inscribed on reverse: ON THE JUCAR--CUENCA--SPAIN / H. L. HOFFMAN / OLD LYME / CONN.; inscribed, in graphite, on stretcher reverse: Along the Jucar, Cuenca, Spain; numbered on stretcher reverse: 19 [circled]; old label on stretcher reverse: TITLE:...Cuenca--Spain / ARTIST: ... H. L. Hoffman / ADDRESS [crossed out] / W. S. BUDSWORTH & SON / [illegible line] / 424 West 52nd St., New York, N.Y.; modern gummed label on stretcher reverse: B88035 / Hoffman / On the Jucar; gummed label on foamcore backing: CB #20 [probably for Charles Buckley, appraiser]; printed label on frame: FRAME BY / Thankardt-Burger / CORPORATION
Exhibition History
Charles Bittinger and Harry L. Hoffman, Art Galleries, Tilden Thurber Company, Providence, Rhode Island, February 1-17, 1912, no. 19, as On the Huercar, Quenca.
Charles Bittinger and Harry L. Hoffman, The Twenthieth Century Club, Boston, Massachusetts, March 5-19, 1912, no. 19, as On the Huescar, Cuenca.
Harry L. Hoffman, A World of Color, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut, September 1-November 27, 1988, no. 22.
Publication History
Jeffrey W. Andersen, "Harry L. Hoffman, A World of Color", Old Lyme, Connecticut: Lyme Historical Society, Florence Griswold Museum, 1988, no. 22, ill. in color, p. 54.
John L. Hoffman, "Harry Leslie Hoffman, 1871-1964", 1987, first illustration, as In Spain.
Provenance
The artist; to Margaret and John L. Hoffman [artist's son], Amherst, New Hampshire, 1964; given to present collection, 1992.
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