ID 842771
Lot 49 | HANS HOFMANN (1880-1966)
Estimate value
$ 3 500 000 – 5 500 000
Gloria in Excelsis
signed and dated 'Hans Hofmann '63' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again 'Gloria in excelsis 1963 Hans Hofmann' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1963.
Provenance
Kootz Gallery, New York
Private collection, circa 1964
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 10 November 1988, lot 24A
Private collection, Japan
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 20 November 1996, lot 26
Raymond and Patsy Nasher, Dallas
Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 2008, lot 42
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
S. Villiger, ed., Hans Hofmann: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Volume II (1901-1951), Farnham, 2014, p. 427, no. P1515 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Kootz Gallery, Hans Hofmann, Paintings 1963, February-March 1964, n.p. (illustrated).
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery, Twenty-Ninth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, February-April 1965, no. 53.
New York, Stux Modern, Abstract Expressionists: Studio 35/Downtown, October-December 1990, n.p. (illustrated).
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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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