"Through a painting we can see the whole world."
- Hans Hofmann
In Hans Hofmann's Yellow Glow, 1960, light appears to project ouward through a translucent curtain of vertical green brushtrokes. The composition shows the artist experimenting with creating a sense of dimensionality, even in abstraction, through layers of color and texture. The verdant green that dominates the color palette of Yellow Glow recurs in paintings from the same year, many of which were executed in the same size. This intimate format invites close looking and gives the viewer a sense of peering into a cave or grotto, lit by beams of light from above.