HANS HOFMANN (1880-1966)
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ID 1380825
Lot 139 | HANS HOFMANN (1880-1966)
Estimate value
200000USD $ 200 000 – 300 000
Two Pyramids
signed and dated ‘hans hofmann 52’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
36 x 48 in. (91.4 x 121.9 cm.)
Painted in 1952.
Provenance
Kootz Gallery, New York
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Christie’s, New York, 9 November 1993, lot 11
Peter Kaufman, Fort Lee, New Jersey
Anon. Sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 15 November 2007, lot 112
Alex Nagetko, New York
Ameringer McEnery Yohe, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2017
Literature
H. Devree, “New Group Shows: Diverse European and American Artists Represented in Gallery Events,” New York Times, 11 October 1953, p. X12.
S. Villiger, ed., Hans Hofmann: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Volume III: Catalogue Entries 1952-1965, Burlington, 2014, p. 21, no. P872 (illustrated).
Exhibited
The Arts Club of Chicago and Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Adolph Gottlieb, Robert Motherwell, William Baziotes, Hans Hofmann, January 1953-March 1955.
New York, Kootz Gallery, French and American Painting and Sculpture, September-October 1953.
Boston, Boris Mirski Art Gallery, Hans Hofmann, January 1954, n.p. (illustrated).
Philadelphia Art Alliance, Hans Hofmann, March-April 1956.
Artist: | Hans Hofmann (1880 - 1966) |
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Art style: | Post War Art |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Artist: | Hans Hofmann (1880 - 1966) |
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Art style: | Post War Art |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Address of auction |
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