ID 1059366
Lot 129 | HANS HOFMANN (1880-1966)
Estimate value
$ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
First Blaze of the Rising Sun
signed and dated 'hans hofmann 63' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again 'First blaze of the rising sun 1963 hans hofmann' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1963.
Provenance
Kootz Gallery, New York
Irving Richards, New York, 1964
PaceWildenstein Gallery, New York, 1996
Private collection, California, 1996
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 15 May 2013, lot 56
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
"Exhibit of Abstract Expressionism Opens," The Washington Post, 26 June 1964, p. A1 (illustrated).
P. Haldeman, "Under the California Sun: Mediterranean-Inspired Oasis Blooms in Los Angeles," Architectural Digest, May 2006, pp. 268-269 (illustrated).
S. Villiger, ed., Hans Hofmann: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Volume III: Catalogue Entries 1952-1965, Burlington, 2014, p. 412, no. P1496 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Kootz Gallery, Hans Hofmann: Paintings, 1963, February-March 1964.
New York, Museum of Modern Art; Washington Gallery of Modern Art; Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires; Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna; Stuttgart, Württembergischen Kunstverein; Kunstverein Hamburg and Bielefeld, Städtisches Kunsthaus, Hans Hofmann, September 1963-October 1965.
| Artist: | Hans Hofmann (1880 - 1966) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Hans Hofmann (1880 - 1966) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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