Lot 263
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Hans Hofmann
The Green Beast, 1945.
Gouache on paper
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 23,200 Sold:
€ 28,380 / $ 32,920 (incl. surcharge)
Hans Hofmann
1880 - 1966
The Green Beast. 1945.
Gouache on paper.
Signed and dated "VII 1945" in bottom center. 73.5 x 58.4 cm (28.9 x 22.9 in), the full sheet.
[AR].
• From the key creative phase towards the end of World War II.
• An increasingly gestural application of paint and ambiguous forms characterize the works of this period.
• Features that would become hallmarks of Abstract Expressionism.
• Hans Hofmann is considered a pioneer of Abstract Expressionism; Lee Krasner and Helen Frankenthaler were among his students.
• Part of an important private collection in Berlin for more than 30 years.
• Works by the artist can be found in important museum collections such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in New York, the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
PROVENANCE: Hans Hofmann Estate.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York (with the label on the reverse of the frame, as well as with the Hans Hofmann Estate No. M-380).
Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston (with a label on the reverse of the frame).
Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin (with a label on the reverse of the frame).
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above in 1991).
EXHIBITION: Hans Hofmann 1880–1966, A Selection of Paintings and Watercolors, Crane Kalman Gallery, London, June 13–July 31, 1990 (with color illustration, plate no. 16.
Hans Hofmann, Galerie Michael Haas, Sept.-Oct. 1990, cat. no. 16 (illustrated in color).
1880 - 1966
The Green Beast. 1945.
Gouache on paper.
Signed and dated "VII 1945" in bottom center. 73.5 x 58.4 cm (28.9 x 22.9 in), the full sheet.
[AR].
• From the key creative phase towards the end of World War II.
• An increasingly gestural application of paint and ambiguous forms characterize the works of this period.
• Features that would become hallmarks of Abstract Expressionism.
• Hans Hofmann is considered a pioneer of Abstract Expressionism; Lee Krasner and Helen Frankenthaler were among his students.
• Part of an important private collection in Berlin for more than 30 years.
• Works by the artist can be found in important museum collections such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in New York, the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
PROVENANCE: Hans Hofmann Estate.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York (with the label on the reverse of the frame, as well as with the Hans Hofmann Estate No. M-380).
Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston (with a label on the reverse of the frame).
Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin (with a label on the reverse of the frame).
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above in 1991).
EXHIBITION: Hans Hofmann 1880–1966, A Selection of Paintings and Watercolors, Crane Kalman Gallery, London, June 13–July 31, 1990 (with color illustration, plate no. 16.
Hans Hofmann, Galerie Michael Haas, Sept.-Oct. 1990, cat. no. 16 (illustrated in color).
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Hans Hofmann
The Green Beast, 1945.
Gouache on paper
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 23,200 Sold:
€ 28,380 / $ 32,920 (incl. surcharge)
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