ID 990115
Lot 203 | HANS HOFMANN (1880-1966)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
Landscape
stamped with the Estate of Hans Hofmann stamp and numbered '1223/B' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
30 x 35in. (76.2 x 89cm.)
Painted in 1942
Provenance
Estate of the Artist.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York.
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1980).
Anon. sale; Christie's New York, 12 November 2003, lot 306.
Private Collection, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
S. Villiger, (ed.), Hans Hofmann: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings Vol. II, 1901-1951, Farnham 2014, no. P412 (illustrated in colour, p. 245).
Exhibited
Toronto, Theo Waddington Gallery, Hans Hofmann: Paintings and Works on Paper, 1980.
Special notice
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Post lot text
“Hans Hofmann is deservedly acclaimed as one of the giants of the twentieth-century abstraction. His voluptuous, muscular paintings are seen as paradigms of how essential elements of surface, shape, and hue can be made into potent carriers of emotion and drama. He is admired for his expressive command of unexpected, blazing color and for his ability to conjure up evocative space with apparently simple contrasts of density, edges, chroma, and placement...” – Karen Wilkin
| Artist: | Hans Hofmann (1880 - 1966) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Hans Hofmann (1880 - 1966) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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